As Christmas Eve approaches, a cosmic visitor is set to make its presence known. NASA's eyes are on the skies, tracking the asteroid's journey.

While this is considered a “close approach” by interstellar standards — NASA defines near-Earth objects (NEOs) as those that come within 4.6 million miles — we’re not about to get some cosmic coal shoved down our stockings so to speak.

The massive rock is believed to be ten storeys high and will skim past the planet at 14,743 miles per hour in the early hours of Christmas Eve, according to NASA