Get ready, stargazers! A newly discovered asteroid, roughly the size of a school bus, is set to zoom past Earth tomorrow, September 3. This cosmic traveler, known as 2025 QV5, made its debut on scientists' radars just over a week ago and won’t swing by our planet again until September 4, 2125—a full century later!

Measuring around 35 feet (11 meters) wide, this speedy space rock is hurtling toward us at a staggering 13,900 mph (22,400 km/h), as per NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. It will make its closest approach at a distance of about 500,000 miles (805,000 kilometers)—which is nearly double the distance to the Moon.

Orbiting the Sun every 359.4 days, 2025 QV5 drifts between the orbits of Earth and Venus, so the chances of it colliding with Earth are extremely slim. Even if it were to hit us, it’s too small to be classified as "potentially hazardous," and any fragments would burn up in our atmosphere.

Researchers are eager to learn more about this space rock, prompting NASA's Goldstone radar telescope in California to track its movements in the coming days.

But hold on! This isn’t the last we’ll see of 2025 QV5. Over the next hundred years, it will make several more approaches, including flybys in 2026 and 2027, though these encounters will be significantly farther away.

The next close encounter, however, is set for September 4, 2125, when it is projected to come within approximately 830,000 miles (1.3 million km) of Earth.

Keep in mind that the asteroid’s trajectory could change as more data is gathered, making the timing of its return uncertain. In the ever-unpredictable realm of space, those cosmic coincidences can shift!

For now, keep an eye on the skies and enjoy the celestial spectacle!