An asteroid travelling at over 48,000 kilometres per hour will whizz past Earth in a close call.
Named 2023 BU, the asteroid is set to come extremely close to the Earth at around 12.30 am (IST) on Friday morning. Thankfully, the rock will narrowly avoid crashing into our planet.
The space object will pass the Earth at an altitude of around 2,500 miles above the ground, which is a "short distance" in astronomical terms. Skygazers will not be able to see it with their naked eyes but you can watch it on a live stream courtesy of robotic, remote-controlled telescopes as part of the Virtual Telescope Project that the Bellatrix Astronomical Observatory is operating in Ceccano, Italy.
