That's the name of a 50 million tons asteroid that is apparently on a collision course with Earth in 2036. The chances are deemed small, from 1 in 5,000 to 1 in 10,000, but still, it could happen, and if it hits, it's a pretty big one too.
This CNN article talks about how a couple of NASA astronauts have devised a way to slightly alter the orbit of an incoming object by using gravity applied by a special pendulum-shaped spaceship orbiting the asteroid instead of nuclear missiles or robotic impactors.
Sounds pretty cool. Let's hope they're right.
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