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Interview with Gerrit Kernbauer: Observing an impact on Jupiter
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Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak to Gerrit Kernbauer, the Austrian-born amateur astronomer who observed an impact on Jupiter a few days ago. Here it is. Enjoy! (You can…

Comet unexpectedly whizzes past Earth
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The article features Asteroid Day Expert Vishnu Reddy and was written by Lucy Schouten for CSMonitor.com which is not affiliated with Asteroid Day. Astronomers estimated that on March 23, a comet would fly…

To Land on an Asteroid
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This article was written by Marc Dantonio for the Huffington Post. I remember once a number of years ago when a relative in my family, a Catholic Nun named Florence showed up at…

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…

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…

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