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And this is the HP, Canvas, Science and TechNet, and I'm transferring to Toronto and Toronto, Canada. And in the sky this week, right after this is Science Trivia Corner, and right after that the first of the main topics for the night. The first one in the sky this week, actually there's two to this. And this one isn't necessarily this week, but I thought I would include it in here. This is a brief item I thought I'd bring it up tonight just for your interest. In 2029 there's going to be an asteroid, Apophis, actually 9942 Apophis. And if they refer to it as a PHO, or physically hazardous object, it's going to fly faster. That will be in April. And what's interesting about this is folks in Western Europe and Africa will actually be able to see it. As it crosses the sky you won't need binoculars, you won't need telescopes. It will be about as bright as some of the stars in a constellation like the Big Dipper, something like that. But some of those types of constellations, so it will be visible. And the asteroid itself is 1,100 feet, that's 340 meters in diameter. And the odds of it actually hitting us is about a 2.7 percent chance it will actually hit Earth. Between now and then things could change and increase or even decrease those odds. But not much chance of it hitting us, just dropping.