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City Block-Sized Asteroid Comes Scarily Close to Earth

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The asteroid, dubbed 2010 WC9, is one of the largest space rocks to ever be observed.

Tanya Basu
Tanya Basu 

Senior Editor, Science

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Tanya Basu

Tanya Basu

Senior Editor, Science

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