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NASA’s DART spacecraft successfully hits asteroid Dimorphos

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Mission Operations Center at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md. watch and cheer as the DART spacecraft is in its final moments before impact. NASA’s DART spacecraft…

Asteroid Day in Iraq – University of Baghdad

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Established in 1998, the University of Baghdad is the only University in Iraq with a department dedicated to Astronomy and Space. Throughout the year, they carry out various outreach activities,…

Asteroid Experts and Astronauts Educating European Youth with ERASMUS+

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Asteroids with a Cosmonaut and an Astronomer! In May and June Asteroid Foundation organised events in Europe bringing astronauts and asteroid experts from all over the globe to educate children…

LEARN – Why Are Asteroids Grouped Into Families?

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Learning Objective: Learn about asteroid families and what this classification can tell us about asteroids’ past and origin. Overview: The Asteroid Belt is made up of clusters of similar objects…

What’s happening on Asteroid Day LIVE 2022?

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Asteroid Day makes its return to Luxembourg in person for Asteroid Day LIVE 2022 following two years of living entirely in the virtual realm. Asteroid experts will converge on Luxembourg…