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'We could have gone to Europe and back': Adelaide couple make 48-hour bus journey home amid flight cancellations

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An Adelaide couple on holiday in the Northern Territory said they had to get home by bus 48 hours after their Jetstar flight was canceled over the weekend. Key points: Therese Kenny spent 48 hours on the bus so she could go home after her flight was cancelled A Greyhound Australia spokesperson said there had been an increase in sales due to flight cancellations Jetstar said customers were offered rescheduled flights, but acknowledged availability was limited Therese Kenny and her husband George are on holiday in Darwin and will fly back to Adelaide on Saturday morning. But just five hours before their flight was due to depart, they were told it had been cancelled. Kenny told ABC Radio Adelaide the airline had offered his seat on another flight in about six days. The former Liberal ministerial staffer and state candidate said he also found one-way flights from Darwin to Adelaide on unspecified airlines cost $5,000 each. “We just weren’t in a position to do that, we could have...

A massive asteroid the size of BUS will make a very close approach to Earth today

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A massive asteroid the size of BUS will make a very close approach to Earth today – and astronomers only detected it three DAYS ago The asteroid, called 2022 NF, is between 5.4 and 12 meters in diameter It will come within 54,843.9 miles of our planet at approximately 2:45 p.m. BST Experts only found the asteroid on July 4th using a telescope in Hawaii By Shivali Best For Mailonline Published: 05:38 EDT, 7 July 2022 | Updated: 05:39 EDT, 7 July 2022 An asteroid the size of the London bus will make a very close approach to Earth today, although it was only detected a few days ago. The asteroid, called 2022 NF, will be within 54,843.9 miles of our planet at approximately 2:45 p.m. BST, according to NASA. To put it in perspective, that’s just over a quarter of the distance from the Moon at its closest point to Earth, which is 225,623 miles away. Fortunately, NASA’s calculations suggest that the massive space r...