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Exploring Space and Asteroids: Asteroid Foundation’s Autumn 2023 Highlights

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This article was originally published on asteroidfoundation.org. In Autumn 2023, the Asteroid Foundation took part in a series of events aimed at promoting science and space exploration in Luxembourg. Below,…

Asteroids at Luxembourg’s 2022 Space Resources Week

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You would be forgiven for thinking that asteroids are useless lumps of dirty rock in space. In fact, one day in the not too distant future, they could make some…

Asteroid Day Highlighted Event – Coatepec, Mexico

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This month’s ADx Global event spotlight is on Asteroides, Colisiones y Extinciones Masivas, an online event hosted on Neurona Red facebook page in collaboration lead by Emilio Zúñiga of the…

How Does NASA Spot a Near-Earth Asteroid?

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https://youtu.be/53Js-_vo3mo Did you ever wonder how NASA spots asteroids that maybe getting too close to Earth for comfort? Watch and learn. Find out more about NASA finds, studies and tracks…

NASA’s Plan to Save Earth from a Giant Asteroid

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https://youtu.be/EZSCtgfmEO0 65 million years ago, a large asteroid collided with Earth near present-day Chicxulub, Mexico. The impact was a climactic event that likely contributed to dinosaur extinction. Today, Earth remains…