Another day, another asteroid that won't hit us: Nereus will miss Earth tomorrow

Over the weekend, an asteroid bigger than the Eiffel Tower will not be impacting the Earth.

I'm sorry to disappoint you.

Mind you, this is not the news you'd see if you've checked social media this week or read any number of fish-wrappery sites that have breathlessly exclaimed that an asteroid "larger than the Eiffel tower" will "break Earth's orbit", whatever that last bit means.

I even saw one TikTokker start off a video saying, "An asteroid might be hitting Earth on December 11." He has si...