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Everything We Know About Asteroid JH2, the Washington Monument-Sized Space Rock That Just Flew Between Earth and the Moon (opens in new tab)

Last week, researchers discovered an asteroid roughly the size of the Washington Monument rapidly approaching Earth. And now it’s gone. It whipped past us on the night of May 18, close enough to slide between Earth and the moon. Unless you spend your evenings refreshing NASA databases or following live updates on your social media […] The post Everything We Know About Asteroid JH2, the Washington Monument-Sized Space Rock That Just Flew Between Earth and the Moon appeared first on VICE.

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