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Asteroid 2013 TX68
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Scientists from NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena CA announced in February that a thirty meter sized near-Earth asteroid, tagged 2013 TX68, would pass…

New NASA Images Shed Light on Ceres’ Bright Spots
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For months, scientists have been puzzled by mysterious bright spots dotting the surface of Ceres, a dwarf planet drifting in the asteroid belt. Now, new images snapped by NASA’s Dawn…

Unveiling Ceres
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https://youtu.be/AtLdprhvtVE NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has revealed marvelous sights on dwarf planet Ceres during its first year in orbit, including the mysterious bright spots in Occator Crater. See full-resolution images and…

Inside NASA’s Planetary Defense Office
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https://soundcloud.com/scifri/inside-nasas-planetary-defense-office There are thousands of asteroids and comets that orbit the sun, traveling in the same cosmic neighborhood as the Earth. But what happens if one of these space rocks…

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