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Up-Front Seats For Tonight's Near-Earth Asteroid

Posted by samzenpus on from the best-seats-in-the-house dept.

spineas writes "In case you're not in a prime viewing position for tonight's fly-by of Asteroid 2000 EM26, never fear, for the event will be webcast live for all around the world to see. The Orlando Sentinel reports that the Slooh Space Camera will be broadcasting the 3-football-field-long asteroid as it zips by us at nearly 27,000 miles per hour. Astronomer Bob Berman will be answering questions during the broadcast, submitted via Twitter with the hashtag #Asteroid."

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  1. Happy Monday from The Golden Girls! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Thank you for being a friend
    Traveled down the road and back again
    Your heart is true, you're a pal and a cosmonaut.

    And if you threw a party
    Invited everyone you knew
    You would see the biggest gift would be from me
    And the card attached would say, thank you for being a friend.

  2. Re:Or skating short tracks? by allcoolnameswheretak · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In other news, 97% of Americans believe it's ok to call a game "football" that is played mainly by the use of hands.