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fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
5 days ago

NASA's 'worst fear just entered our solar system' which looks like a cigar shaped 'metallic mothership' - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS exhibits unusual, non-comet-like behavior and is being suggested by some scientists to be an engineered, potentially probe-releasing object.
fromMail Online
3 weeks ago

That was close! Huge asteroid comes within 300 miles of hitting Earth

While a miss this close might sound alarming, the European Space Agency (ESA) claims there was never any serious danger. Based on its estimated size, 2025 TF would have most likely burned up or exploded in the atmosphere rather than slamming into the surface. ESA said in a statement: 'Objects of this size pose no significant danger. 'They can produce fireballs if they strike Earth's atmosphere, and may result in the discovery of small meteorites on the ground.'
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