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An asteroid will pass closer to Earth than ever recorded at 5:08 p.m. ET Thursday, NASA scientists announced. The asteroid is 100 feet wide, and will be observable to the naked eye this afternoon in the southern hemisphere.

For a more outlandish idea on why we're starting to see more asteroids closer to earth (other than the fact we've got more telescopes in the sky now), check out Matt Warren's blog, where he says that these are messages from aliens!