Asteroid The Size Of Empire State Building To Pass Incredibly Close To Earth

A massive asteroid is expected to pass by Earth on Halloween in the closest fly-by since 2006. NASA discovered the asteroid, dubbed 2015 TB145 on Oct. 10 using Pan-STARRS 1. The asteroid is described as being "extremely eccentric" and will come 1.3 lunar distances (310,000 miles) from Earth around 11:14 a.m., at 78,000 mph.