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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…

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…

Small asteroid detected 4 days after passing as close as satellites
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On March 15, 2016, astronomers detected a space rock – now designated as asteroid 2016 EF195 – using the PanSTARRS 1 telescope at Hawaii. Surprisingly, as they analyzed its trajectory,…

The five greatest balls of fire over Earth
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We live on a moving target in a cosmic firing range. Each day, the Earth is bombarded by about a hundred tonnes of space debris. It may sound alarming, but…

Asteroid Apophis and the “keyhole”
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QUESTION FROM JON-MICHAEL STUART Hi, Could you please respond to the following question with regards to the below conversation; Tony HW I recall hearing Neil deGrasse Tyson referring to a 6600-milezone/range “keyhole” area of…

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