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January 15, 2014

NASA warns of 'potentially hazardous' asteroid
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jan 15, 2014
A new, "potentially hazardous" asteroid has been discovered by one of NASA's recently reactivated spacecraft - and it's headed in Earth's direction. The new asteroid, called 2013 YP139, was spotted by NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE), and marks the spacecraft's first discovery since being resurrected last year. According to the Telegraph, the asteroid is still 27 million miles (43 million km) away from Earth, but with a diameter of nearly half a mile (0.4 mile ... read more

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