Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Asteroid to fly by Earth in rare 'near approach' this weekend
dailyrecord.co.ukAn asteroid will whizz past Earth this weekend in an exciting 'near approach' which will be live streamed.The asteroid, which a space expert has dubbed a 'city killer', has no chance of hitting earth - but may be close enough to view with the right equipment.
Known as '2023 DZ2', the space rock is set to make a clean pass by our planet at around 7.50pm on Saturday, March 25, speeding at more than 17,000mph.As reported by the Mirror Online, it will pass at a distance of almost 110,000 miles from our planet which is close enough to be officially classified as a 'near-Earth object'.European Space Agency’s planetary defence chief, Richard Moissl, said in a statement: "There is no chance of this 'city killer' striking Earth, but its close approach offers a great opportunity for observations."Anybody in the Northern Hemisphere might be able to see the asteroid - provided they have access to a six-inch telescope.Thankfully, you'll also be able to watch the flyby from the comfort of your own living room as there is an ongoing live stream of the asteroid's approach.
2023 DZ2 was first discovered just a few weeks ago, on February 27, and was first announced to the public on March 16.If the asteroid were to hit Earth - which it won't - it would have produced a massive upper atmosphere air burst, which would be equivalent to 214 times the impact on Nagasaki after the Fat Man bomb in 1945.Near-Earth Objects - or NEOs - are relatively common, despite the scary-sounding name and aren't actually that 'near' in many instances.
In fact, they can be incredibly far away from Earth.NASA explains: "As they orbit the Sun, NEOs can occasionally approach close to Earth.
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