A large, harmless asteroid will zip past Earth this weekend
NEW YORK (AP) — A large asteroid will zip past Earth this weekend, but don't worry: It poses no danger. The space rock — 1997 NC1 — makes its closest approach Saturday morning, coming within 1. 6 million miles (2. 6 million kilometers), according to the European Space Agency. Discovered nearly three decades ago by an asteroid-tracking system in Hawaii, the asteroid is between 2,461 feet (0. 75 kilometer) to 5,413 feet (1. 65 kilometers) wide — roughly the size of two to four Empire and...
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