Close Encounters: Massive Asteroid Speeding Towards Earth
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NASA has announced that a potentially hazardous asteroid, known as 2013 WV44, will pass within 3.3 million kilometers of Earth on June 28. While it poses no risk, NASA tracks many Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) daily and is developing defensive systems, such as the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, to redirect asteroids on collision courses. The DART spacecraft collision will provide valuable insight for future asteroid threats.
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