A terrifying asteroid's-eye-view of a cosmic near-miss: Ride the piece of rock the size of an office block as it hurtles within 7,600 miles of Earth

Flying through space this is the predicted journey of an asteroid as it comes within cosmic kissing distance of the earth today.

The huge rock - named 2011 MD - was expected to hurtle within 7,600 miles of our planet at around 6pm GMT.

And in the video below, you can follow the journey it is predicted to make as it travels across the sky.

 

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