An asteroid set to pass by Earth tonight is predicted to make one of the closest approaches by a near-Earth object ever recorded, according to NASA.
Asteroid 2023 BU is predicted to zoom over the southern tip of South America, with scientists saying there is no risk of the object hitting the planet.
Amateur astronomer Gennadiy Borisov discovered it. The hobbyist also discovered other space debris like the interstellar comet 21/Borisov from his observatory in Nauchnyi, Crimea.
