Opportunity Missed

The earth will NOT be destroyed by an asteroid tomorrow.

Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA is confident the world will not be destroyed by a large asteroid that will pass Earth on Wednesday. The asteroid is expected to be 1.1 million miles away, or about 4.6 times the distance from Earth to the moon.

Large asteroid to whiz by Earth Wednesday

If Balk has taught me anything, it’s that everything is getting worse all the time—asteroid timing included.