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ASTEROID, the size of a pickup truck, arrived less than 250 miles from the crash on Earth, reveals NASA

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[ad_1] A pickup-sized asteroid just coasted within 240 miles of Earth, NASA revealed. The very close encounter last week set a record for the closest known space rock to fly past the planet without actually striking. 3 A pick-up-sized space rock skirted within 240 miles of EarthCredit: Alamy According to …

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the risk may be greater than expected

[ad_1] Scientists on an asteroid threatening Earth: the danger may be greater than previously thought [{“_id”:”5bc47e257dc87b04e70afc4a”,”name”:”Phillip Morris”,”sw1″:”cigaretes”,”sw2″:””,”sw3″:””},{“_id”:”5bc47e3f7dc87b04e70afc4b”,”name”:”Phillip Morris 2″,”sw1″:”rukymas”,”sw2″:””,”sw3″:””},{“_id”:”5bc47e4d7dc87b04e70afc4c”,”name”:”Phillip Morris 3″,”sw1″:”kontrabanda”,”sw2″:””,”sw3″:””},{“_id”:”5bc47e5d7dc87b04e70afc4d”,”name”:”Phillip Morris 4″,”sw1″:”seseline-ekonomika”,”sw2″:””,”sw3″:””},{“_id”:”5bcdd1ba40fae92ee8b11184″,”name”:”Phillip Morris 5″,”sw1″:”tabakas”,”sw2″:””,”sw3″:””},{“_id”:”5bcdd1cc40fae92ee8b11185″,”name”:”Phillip Morris 6″,”sw1″:”nelegali-prekyba”,”sw2″:””,”sw3″:””},{“_id”:”5bcdd1eb40fae92ee8b11186″,”name”:”Phillip Morris 7″,”sw1″:”tabako-zaliava”,”sw2″:””,”sw3″:””},{“_id”:”5bcdd20240fae92ee8b11187″,”name”:”Phillip Morris 8″,”sw1″:”nelegalus-fabrikas”,”sw2″:””,”sw3″:””},{“_id”:”5bcdd21b40fae92ee8b11188″,”name”:”Phillip Morris 9″,”sw1″:”nelegalios-cigaretes”,”sw2″:””,”sw3″:””},{“_id”:”5bcdd23b40fae92ee8b11189″,”name”:”Phillip Morris 10″,”sw1″:”muitine”,”sw2″:””,”sw3″:””},{“_id”:”5bcdd25640fae92ee8b1118a”,”name”:”Phillip Morris 11″,”sw1″:”padirbti-tabako-gaminiai”,”sw2″:””,”sw3″:””},{“_id”:”5bcedb6b40fae92ee8b1118d”,”name”:”Phillip Morris 12″,”sw1″:”cigareciu-kontrabanda”,”sw2″:””,”sw3″:””},{“_id”:”5bd2a92040fae92ee8b11190″,”name”:”Phillip Morris 13″,”sw1″:”seselis”,”sw2″:””,”sw3″:””}] Make sure JavaScript is enabled in your browser and …

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A record shave: Asteroid 2020 VT4 just skimmed from the Earth

[ad_1] Wow. A low-flying space rock set a record last Friday (appropriately, 13th), when the 2020 VT4 passed just under 400 kilometers (250 miles) over the South Pacific. The an asteroid has been identified from the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii …

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The Leonid meteor shower is peaking now. How to watch the show

[ad_1] A Leonid fireball captured over Sweden in 2015. Spaceweather.com/Andre Pooschke Say what you want about the dangers of 2020. It’s been a dazzling year for sky watchers, with bright comets is abundant meteor showers which continue until November with the appearance of the annual Leonids, peaking this week. The …

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