Six asteroids will pass by Earth on January 20, which just so happens to be Inauguration Day in the US (via ZME Science).

If you're curious about past asteroids that made it close enough to the Earth for NASA to take note, you can also view that info in the above link.

While zombie outbreaks and cyberpunk fantasies about corporate greed destroying humanity are currently the popular cultural visions of apocalypse, asteroids hitting the earth is another option?

In actual history, an asteroid impact most likely was one of the causes behind a large extinction event on Earth