31-10-2016 17:26 via digitaltrends.com

Scout, NASA’s new asteroid-tracking system, just passed an important test

An asteroid that passed within 310,000 miles of Earth last night was discovered a few days ago by NASA’s new computer program, Scout, which sifts through telescope data to identify Near Earth Objects assess if they are a threat.
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