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NASA calls kilometer-wide asteroid heading close to Earth 'potentially hazardous'
by ZACHARY ROGERS | The National Desk
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NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, is the world’s first full-scale planetary defense test, demonstrating one method of asteroid deflection technology. (NASA)

WASHINGTON (TND) — It's wider than the world's tallest building, it's "potentially dangerous", and it's heading towards Earth!

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Well, actually it's expected to safely pass the planet, but one asteroid is making headlines for its expected visit.