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Airplane-size asteroid will have 'very close encounter' with Earth on Saturday — and you can watch it happen (www.livescience.com)
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[–] Sterile_Technique 28 points 11 months ago

[–] regrub 8 points 11 months ago

"You can watch it happen" ...through a livestreamed telescope. Not just by looking up at the sky, as far as I can tell.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

The site has a very tiny window for the live video, but the direct YT link is at https://youtu.be/D-qnjLKe8O8

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Will just one of these things hit so we can get this over with....

:)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Like a Cessna 172 size or an Airbus A380 size?