{
  "id": 18487821,
  "title": "Two billion people could see asteroid's historic Earth flyby in 2029",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/two-billion-people-could-see-asteroids-historic-earth-flyby-in-2029",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-06T10:35:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/two-billion-people-could-see-asteroids-historic-earth-flyby-in-2029-1.500738391"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Abu Dhabi: An asteroid nearly the size of the Eiffel Tower will make an exceptionally close approach to Earth on April 13, 2029, in a rare astronomical event that could be visible to around two billion people without telescopes. Ibrahim Al Jarwan, Chairman of the Emirates Astronomy Society and a member of the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences, said asteroid 99942 Apophis would pass…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}