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Asteroids

A new survey of asteroids near Earth by a NASA space telescope has found a much wider variety of the space rocks than previously thought, with some shiny and bright while others are dark and dull. Near-Earth object – NASA – Space – Asteroid – Solar System

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Asteroid Survey Gathers Mixed Bag

by on September 3, 2010

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) — A survey of near-Earth asteroids shows they come in a far wider variety of shapes, sizes and surfaces than previously thought, U.S. researchers say. Near-Earth object – Solar System – Astronomy – United States – Small Bodies

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Plan For Manned Asteroid Mission Gains Ground

September 3, 2010

Plans for sending humans to visit an asteroid are heating up, with at least one company already scoping out the technological essentials

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The Future Of Sexual Fetishism In The Asteroid Belt

September 3, 2010

You can expect Golden Age scifi asteroid-hopping, combined with sexy scenes that might be a bit NSFW. (For those of you who read my story "The Great Oxygen

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Meteorite Takes Name Of Wisconsin Township Where It Landed

September 3, 2010

Heck said they found it is a common L5 chondrite meteorite, a fragment of an asteroid shattered in a collision 470 million years ago in the asteroid belt

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September 3, 2010

(8 pm, Discovery Channel) THE UNIVERSE — The new episode, "Asteroid Attack," reviews the latest discoveries in the study of asteroids, including the

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NASA Helping Trapped Chilean Miners Cope

September 3, 2010

(The agency is now seriously considering a manned six-month mission dubbed “Plymouth Rock” that would actually land on an asteroid in deep space.

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NASA Narrows Target For Asteroid Mission

September 3, 2010

NASA may appear to have its pick of thousands of known asteroids for a manned mission, but only two are good targets within the next 20 years.

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Save The Earth From Asteroid Onslaught In DoodleGeddon For IPad

September 1, 2010

The new title is a fast paced missile arcade style game, where players have to tap asteroids that are threatening to hit the Earth.

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NASA Narrows Targets For Manned Asteroid Mission

September 1, 2010

Only a few near-Earth objects would fit NASA's proposed guidelines for a manned mission to an asteroid. NASA may appear to have its pick of thousands of

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