A City-Killer Asteroid Just Passed Shockingly Close to Earth, and Scientists Barely Saw It Coming
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A bus-sized asteroid passed within 56,000 miles of Earth on Monday.
That’s roughly a quarter of the distance between Earth and the moon.
Scientists confirmed there was no chance of impact, which is the good news.
The bad news is that nobody knew it was coming until a few days before.
The asteroid, designated 2026 […]
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