There are a lot of asteroids around us this weekend, and the biggest of them all is known as asteroid 612356 (2002 JX8). As space rocks go it is a very dangerous one, because it would cause ...

With that being said, the Virtual Telescope Project's YouTube channel will go live at 2:30 p.m. MT (4:30 p.m. ET), just a few hours before 2002 JX8 makes its closest approach to Earth at (11:02 GMT).

Asteroid (612356) 2002 JX8 is a 950 feet (290 metres) wide lump of space rock that is due to come within 2.6 million miles (4.2 million kilometres) of Earth on Friday (May 9), according to NASA.

A stadium-sized asteroid will pass by Earth today, Friday, May 9. Scientists say the "potentially hazardous" 950ft-wide space rock - named 612356 (2002 JX8) - will pass around 2.6 million miles ...