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On October 20 NASA will “kiss” an asteroid
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will reach the Bennu asteroid to take a rock sample and send it back to earth during one of the most daring missions in history
Mario Vincenzo La Rocca
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An asteroid will touch the Earth on November 2: what we know
On November 2, 2020 the asteroid 2018VP1 will pass very close to Earth: it moves at a speed of 24 km per second and is the size of a small car.
Giovanni Sapere
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29 April: asteroid 52768 expected to pass through the Earth
As announced by NASA, on April 29th an asteroid the size of Everest will pass about 6 million kilometers from Earth: it will be visible even to the naked eye.
Giovanni Sapere
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NASA: “Asteroid will pass close to Earth on April 29th and be visible to the naked eye.”
NASA has announced that on April 29th an asteroid the size of Everest will pass about 6 million kilometers from Earth: it will be visible to the naked eye from the balcony of the house.
Giovanni Sapere
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News from space. Comet C/2019 Q4 is coming up
Billions of cosmic objects orbit in space, yet one of them is attracting the attention and curiosity of astronomers around the world. It’s called C/2019 Q4, and it’s a comet. Discovered at the end of August by Gennady Borisov, the space object is making an orbital path different from all other…
Giovanni Sapere