00:00An asteroid the size of a plane is hurtling toward Earth at over 46,000 miles per hour.
00:05But don't panic. NASA says we're totally safe.
00:09The asteroid, named 2025OW, will pass by on Monday, July 28th.
00:14At just 393,000 miles away, it's zooming by closer than several others on NASA's radar this week.
00:21It's even larger than the Statue of Liberty and way faster than a speeding bullet.
00:26Still sounds scary, right?
00:28Well, according to NASA, this is totally normal.
00:31Asteroids pass near Earth all the time.
00:33This one's flying by at about 1.6 times the distance to the moon.
00:37No threat at all.
00:38NASA experts say they know exactly where it's going.
00:41Not just today, but for the next 100 years.
00:44If it were dangerous, they'd be sounding the alarm.
00:47But they're not.
00:48Because there's nothing to fear.
00:50The real worry?
00:51Asteroids over 3,000 feet wide.
00:53Those are rare and only hit Earth every 700,000 years.
00:58So unless the universe is early, we're good.
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