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53K views · 2.8K reactions | LIVE NOW: Ask us anything about asteroid 1998 OR2, interstellar comet Borisov and comet ATLAS. Asteroid 1998 OR2 will safely fly by Earth on April 29. Join our Planetary Defense experts on Reddit to ask questions about comets and asteroids: https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/g9o4yp/askscience_ama_series_we_are_the_nasa_alma_and/ | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Facebook

A mile-wide asteroid, "1998 OR-2" passed the Earth by *just* 3.9 million miles this past Wednesday. For reference, the moon is less than 240,000 miles away and the Sun is 93 million miles away. I suppose it's a blessing that even asteroids are practicing social distancing 😷 (video is not to scale) | Matt Leach - 21Alive Weather

79K views · 5.6K reactions | After nearly five years in space, NASA Solar System Exploration's #OSIRISREx mission is heading to Earth with a sample of rocks and dust from a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid! 朗 Check out how its mission #ToBennuAndBack exceeded all expectations: https://go.nasa.gov/33zjPoZ | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Facebook