How to Watch an Asteroid Fly Uncomfortably Close to Earth on Wednesday
An asteroid the size of a commercial airplane will skim past our planet on Wednesday, September 3. Asteroid 2025 QD8 has no chance of hitting Earth, but its brief proximity will allow scientists (and you!) a rare opportunity to observe a passing asteroid at very close range. The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0 will host a livestream of the flyby starting at 7:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, September 2. This astronomical program, overseen by the Bellatrix Astronomical Observatory in Italy, uses remotely c