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NASA scientists say that an ‘unusually’ fast asteroid will streak by Earth on Halloween

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Scientists at NASA’s Pan-STARRS observatory in Hawaii say that an unusually large and fast asteroid will fly by Earth this Halloween. The asteroid, named 2015 TB145, came as a surprise to the scientists, who spotted it less than two weeks ago.

Added on the 20/10/2015 06:14:09 - Copyright : Reuters - Next Media

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