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Asteroid approaching earth wears ‘face mask’

On April 26, 20209:32 pmIn Coronavirus Updatesby Oboh

A massive asteroid is approaching Earth, and it looks like it’s wearing a face mask, a startling reminder of the coronavirus pandemic. The space rock, known as 1998 OR2, will be nearly 4 million miles away from Earth on Wednesday at 5:59 a.m. ET – classifying it as a “potentially hazardous” asteroid despite the impossibility
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World Asteroid Day: CBSS takes awareness on importance, dangers to students

On July 4, 20197:27 pmIn Health, Newsby vanguard

World Asteroid Day: CBSS takes awareness on importance, dangers to students

China to launch asteroid probe, calls for partners

On April 18, 201911:54 amIn Foreign, Newsby Emmanuel Okogba

China plans to launch an ambitious asteroid exploration mission and has invited collaborators to put their experiments on the probes, space agency officials said Thursday.