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    Early Addition: A 'City-Killer' Asteroid Narrowly Missed Hitting Earth, No Big Deal

    by Ben Yakas
    Published July 26, 2019
    Modified July 26, 2019
    Photo by Chris Protopapas

    Photo by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/7448869@N03/48380140907/in/pool-gothamist/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Protopapas</a>

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