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	Science Daily update ⋅ April 29, 2020
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	Space.com Mile-long asteroid 1998 OR2 dons 'mask' before Earth flyby (photos) Space.com The huge "potentially hazardous" asteroid 1998 OR2, which will safely fly by Earth on Wednesday (April 29), appears to have brought its own face mask for its close encounter with our pandemic-ridden planet. Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory has been ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Venus shines at its brightest of the year tonight! Here's how to see it. Space.com Venus, the most brilliant planet in the night sky, will be shining at its brightest tonight (April 28). The "evening star," which is already the second-brightest object in the night sky (second only to the moon), is now shining at magnitude -4.7, or nearly three times ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Weather Channel Ask an Astronomer: Human Expeditions to Mars, Helicopters on Red Planet, and More The Weather Channel With each passing day, scientists continue to pace-up their attempts to develop new technology and find novel ways to study the past environment as well as the future possibilities on our neighbouring planet, Mars. To gain insights on the Red Planet's past, ... Flag as irrelevant
	EarthSky Are these 19 eccentric asteroids from other star systems? EarthSky In the first discovery of its kind, researchers in France have found that 19 asteroids in our solar system – between the planets Jupiter and Neptune – they say are likely of interstellar origin. Sharing is caring! Tweet. Share. Pin. Mail. Share. Large thin ring ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Small asteroid zips safely by Earth just ahead of a larger space rock's flyby Space.com A small newfound asteroid gave Earth a close shave today (April 28) on the event of another flyby by a much larger space rock, according to NASA. The asteroid, called 2020 HS7, is between 13 and 24 feet (4 to 8 meters) in size and passed Earth at a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com See the big asteroid 1998 OR2 just before its Earth flyby in a Slooh webcast today Space.com A big asteroid will safely fly by Earth early tomorrow morning (April 29), and you can watch it approach our planet in real time tonight with a free webcast from the Slooh online observatory. Slooh will broadcast live telescope views of the near-Earth asteroid, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Times 'Crash Course': Med Students in Detroit Help Test for Virus The New York Times DETROIT — City employees make critical visits to the Detroit health department for a coronavirus test. On the other side of the long cotton swab: medical students in protective gear who have volunteered to be on the front line of the fight. "We'll just go in about ... Flag as irrelevant
	Florida Today SpaceX launch: local officials scramble to plan for crowds on heels of coronavirus Florida Today For nine years the Space Coast has been looking forward to the day that astronauts once again launched from Kennedy Space Center. But now that NASA and SpaceX have said they plan to send to astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the space ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times A Nest of Alien Asteroids Orbits Our Sun The New York Times A pair of astronomers announced last week that they had identified 19 alien asteroids circling our sun. The rocks were probably stolen from other nearby stars 4.5 billion years ago, during the birth throes of the sun. Today they mingle in the sky with a class of ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Hero shrews have strong, interlocking spines unlike any other animal, study says CNN (CNN) Hero shrews may be small mammals that look like rodents, but they're strong, mighty and live up to their name on the inside. Their interlocking spine is unlike anything researchers have ever seen in another mammal. Exactly why these shrews have ... Flag as irrelevant
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