DA-14, a very large asteroid, is scheduled to come very very close to the Earth today, February 15, 2013. According to NASA, it will be at it closest at 2:25pm EST. While it will not hit us here, it will pass close enough to be between us and some of our communications satellites.
While we are lucky and it will not hit us, that doesn’t mean that you can’t use it as an excuse and stay home anyway. Tell the boss the world might end and your going to finish some video games! 
ABC’s Good Morning America had an interesting short spot on this asteroid:
Something else you can waste some time on, there is a fun little orbit simulation by Asterank.
And you can read the techno-jumbo that NASA has to say here.
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