A House-Size Asteroid Zipped by Earth Today

Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 13:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

An asteroid the size of a house gave Earth a close shave today (April 18), passing nearer to our planet than any other space rock will for the rest of this year — that is, as far as we know.

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