New Year’s Eve solar flare [NASA]

 


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Celestial flybys set to thrill (via AFP)

Astronomers are gearing up for thrills this year when Earth gets buzzed by two rogue asteroids and two comets, including a wanderer last seen by the forerunners of mankind. The guardians who scour the heavens for dangerous space rocks are currently closely tracking an asteroid called 99942 Apophis.…