SIGNS IN THE HEAVENS: BIG ASTEROID FLIES BY EARTH TONIGHT: HOW TO WATCH LIVE

An asteroid as large as five football fields will zoom by Earth tonight, and you can watch the close approach live from the comfort of your home. 

The near-Earth asteroid 2003 DZ15 will come within 2.2 million miles (3.5 million kilometers) of our planet  about nine times farther than the distance between Earth and the moon tonight (July 29) at 8:37 p.m. EDT (0037 GMT on July 30). 

There is no chance that 2003 DZ15 will strike Earth on this pass, scientists say. The online Virtual Telescope Project will stream live footage of 2003 DZ15 beginning at 6 p.m. EDT (2200 GMT) tonight. 

The webcast will use views from a powerful telescope in Ceccano, Italy, along with live commentary by astrophysicist Gianluca Masi, who runs the Virtual Telescope Project. 

You can watch the feed of 2003 DZ15′s flyby here on SPACE.com, or follow it at the Virtual Telescope Project’s site here: http://www.virtualtelescope.eu/webtv/    
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