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Asteroid Impact

Defending the Earth from Asteroids on ADLIVE 2021
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Not all asteroids live inside the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. ESA’s Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre lists more than 25,000 that are classified as near-Earth objects (NEOs). Of these,…

Dinosaurs Demise Documented by Asteroid Day Photographer Max Alexander
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The BBC and scientists have confirmed the Chicxulub impact in Mexico resulted in dinosaurs and 75% of life being wiped out. I had the privilege to document the work that…

Meteor Marvelling: Noctilucent Clouds and Us
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Asteroid Day expert Dr. Boslough assesses the effects of meteors in the sky, and how they might be more relevant than we thought to humanity. As I prepare slides and…

ESA HERA Mission
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ESA is an Asteroid Day partner and is leading the development of HERA. Hera – named after the Greek goddess of marriage – is a candidate ESA mission that will…

Astronomers Complete First International Asteroid Tracking Exercise
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This originally appeared on NASA.gov on November 3, 2017. Continue reading via NASA.gov here. An international team of astronomers led by NASA scientists successfully completed the first global exercise using…

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