This Sunday, an asteroid the size of a house will be passing by very close to Earth - closer than even some satellites. CNN reports that the asteroid, named "2014 RC," is estimated to be 60 feet long and is expected to fly over New Zealand at around 2:18 PM EDT (11 AM PDT/ 18:18 UTC).

 However, there is nothing to be scared about, as the asteroid will not hit Earth. According to Fox News, the asteroid will be roughly 21,126 miles from Earth's surface. In other words, it will be about 10 times closer to the Earth than the moon.

Astronomers discovered 2014 RC on August 31^st by the Catalina Sky Survey in Tucson, Arizona. Though it won't be visible to the naked eye, scientists hope to study it through telescopes.

However, if there's a will, there's a way - people who want to see the action will be able to watch two webcasts featuring the asteroid fly by this weekend. The first is the Slooh Community Observatory, an online organization that broadcasts many astronomy-related events live. They will begin their broadcast live on September 6^th starting at 10 PM EDT.

The second webcast will be featured on the Virtual Telescope Project, which will feature live images of the asteroid starting September 6^th at 6 PM EDT.

According to CNN, even though this asteroid is deemed to be non-dangerous, NASA is trying to speed up the way it tracks potentially hazardous asteroids as well as deflect them from Earth. This is primarily because past asteroids have actually caused casualties - in February 2013, a 60-foot-wide meteor exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk with the force of nearly 300 nuclear bombs, injuring roughly 1,500 people.

NASA officials stated, "While 2014 RC will not impact Earth, its orbit will bring it back to our planet's neighborhood in the future... The asteroid's future motion will be closely monitored, but no future threatening Earth encounters have been identified."