NASA news: New Horizons closes in on asteroid more than FOUR BILLION miles from Earth NASA’S New Horizons space craft is embarking on its most ambitious missions to date as it closes in on an icy asteroid more than 4 BILLION miles from Earth. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Can you solve this puzzle and PROVE human consciousness will always trump computers?Ron Drever, Physicist Who Helped Confirm Einstein Theory, Dies at 85Large Sections of Australia’s Great Reef Are Now Dead, Scientists FindStar travelling at breakneck speed found astonishingly close to BLACK HOLEMetallic sphere seven times size of Jupiter found - and it’s PROOF of aliens, hunters sayVolcano eruption and HUNDREDS of earthquakes spark BIG ONE fears in Chile