I See A Bad Moon Risin'

So we have four hurricanes hit Florida, an earthquake in California, Mount St. Helens ready to blow, Jay Leno leaving The Tonight Show and now this: 

An asteroid will pass within 1 million miles of Earth on Wednesday, making it the closest encounter with a major solar system object so far this century.

Maybe I should be booking a flight on Spaceship One now.

File under Current Events.

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