"Giant Giraffe-Sized Asteroid to Pass Close to Earth"
A newly discovered asteroid, 2024 BJ, approximately 25 meters wide, will pass by Earth and the Moon at about 90 percent of the Moon-Earth distance on Saturday. This near-earth object, part of the Apollo group, was only spotted last Thursday and will approach our planet at a distance of 353,000 kilometers. Despite its proximity in cosmic terms, it poses no threat. The event will be livestreamed by The Virtual Telescope Project, highlighting humanity's increasing ability to detect potentially hazardous asteroids in advance.