 As the year from hell that is 2020 draws to a close, there might be one last parting shot from a heavenly force more powerful than the human condition. Maybe. Wait. Do you hear this? As we begin to reflect on the past 12 months this Christmas time, you better be sure to keep one eye on the asteroid tracking software that is currently tracking three large near-Earth objects that have been classed as potentially hazardous despite a flyby of over one million miles away from our atmosphere. Of course the year wouldn't be complete without some doomsday scenario events to remind us humble earthlings that we are just a blip in the cosmos compared to the vastness. We humans have no idea about our significance in such a plane of existence because we have no idea where we are in space compared to a relevant neighborhood. We assume this in significance, but the fact that each and every one of us possesses the rarest thing in the universe, well, doesn't that make each of us highly significant compared to the assumed size of the vastness? Nowhere else that we know of does the complexities associated with human beings exist in the eternity of everything, making us humans very special indeed. Three asteroids, including one that's larger than the Washington Monument, are set to safely fly past Earth on Christmas Day with the largest space rock known as Asteroid 2014 SD-224 is to come within 1.9 million miles of Earth and is thought to have a diameter as great as 689 feet. At its size and distance, it is considered a potentially hazardous near Earth object, but it poses no threat to the planet when it zips past later this week. This asteroid last made a close approach to Earth on January 26, 2020, and will not do so again until December 18, 2021. And in addition to this asteroid, two other asteroids will safely fly past Earth on Christmas Day, asteroids 2020 XY and 2020 YM1. Both are considered near Earth objects as well and likely pose no threat to Earth or her people. In 2018, NASA outlined the steps the U.S. should take to be better prepared for the threat from potential hazardous objects, such as asteroids and comets, that come within 30 million miles of the planet. With a recent survey showing that Americans prefer a space program that focuses on potential asteroid impacts over sending humans back to the moon or to Mars, and in April 2019, NASA awarded a $69 million contract to SpaceX to help with asteroid deflection via its dart mission. A mission widely thought to have been set up to tackle the threat the Apophis asteroid imposes on our planet if gravitationally influenced enough to be drawn onto a collision course with the Earth in 2036 during the 2029 flyby. NASA Administrator Jim Brendenstein said in April 2019 that an asteroid strike is not something to be taken lightly and is perhaps it is Earth's biggest threat to the existence of our kind. But what do you guys think about this anyway? Comments below and thank you for watching.