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Asteroid flying close to Earth turns out to be douchebag's car

Allan Rose Hill
Jan 28, 2025
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image: Marko Aliaksandr/Shutterstock

Earlier this month, astronomers at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reported discovery of an asteroid passing Earth as as 150,000 miles away. A citizen scientist first noticed the object that, given its proximity, would require tracking due to the risk of it eventually crashing into our planet. Turns out th…

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