A once-in-a-generation asteroid broader than the width of Manhattan will be passing by the Earth — and there’s a chance you can see it for yourself. The space rock 877 Alinda, one of the five largest expected to safely but closely zoom past our planet this century,

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Last year was the planet’s hottest in recorded history, NASA announced, marking two years in a row that global temperatures have shattered records.