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Asteroid Education

Is it just me, or are asteroids more dangerous than they used to be?

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Eric Christensen is the director of the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) and an Asteroid Day Expert. He answers a user submitted question. Do you have an asteroid related question?…

You Could Actually Snooze Your Way Through an Asteroid Belt

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This article was written by KENNETH CHANG for the New York Times. Read the original article, here. The New York Times is not affiliated with Asteroid Day. Misconception: In an asteroid belt,…

Find Them Now – The Asteroid Grand Challenge

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https://youtu.be/98UoNqvZGUg The NASA Asteroid Grand Challenge (AGC) ran a public challenge to develop this short video. Learn how this was created. “Find Them Now” uses a narrative based on a…

St. Patrick’s Day impact on Jupiter

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https://youtu.be/qAJI4gqX3Zg Jupiter has always been the target of impacts by comets and asteroids, but we don’t usually get to witness them. Our first opportunity was in the summer of 1994,…

Asteroid barrage may have birthed a short-lived ocean on Mars

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Mars may once have had an ocean – but only for a geological blink of an eye, which puts a dampener on ideas that there is or was life on…