Monthly Archives: September 2020

An airplane-sized asteroid gives the Earth a closer shave today

A jumbo jet-sized planet will collide closely with Earth today (Sept. 1), zooming our planet about one-third of the Moon’s average distance. Asteroid 2011 ES4 will make its closest approach today at 12:12 a.m. EDT (1612 GMT), according to NASA. At that time, it would be about 75,400 miles (121,000 …

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