On Halloween 2015, an asteroid with a skull-like shape flew past Earth, and NASA gave it the nickname the Great Pumpkin.

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  • Connor Quincy
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    6 days ago

    Tell me again how a rock the size of a stadium gets a cute nickname and suddenly it’s a Halloween event. Remember the 2012 “end of the world” Mayan nonsense that fizzled? Same genre of hype, different costume. This one at least has a real orbit and real astronomers, so the only thing spooky here is how fast people turn a close pass into a horror movie.