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Jupiter will be at its closest point to Earth in 59 years on Monday, according to NASA.

The vernal equinox, or spring equinox, occurs when the Earth’s tilt and orbit around the sun align its axis neither away from nor toward the sun. This date usually falls around the end of March.

Earth’s core is cooling at rates faster than previously thought, which could speed the planet’s inevitable march toward inhabitability millions or billions of years from now, researchers said this week.

NBC Bay Area’s Raj Mathai and Business and Tech Reporter Scott Budman take a closer look at the asteroid that came close to Earth Tuesday.

A massive asteroid that’s more than a half-mile wide will zoom past Earth on Tuesday.