Asteroid articles

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  Watch live as a record-breaking asteroid passes the Earth

  By Amar Toor on February 15, 2013 05:37 am + 102 comments

  Later today, a large asteroid known as 2012 DA14 will pass within about 17,200 miles of the Earth, Continue reading…

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  Google uses Street View backpacks to map Meteor Crater

  By Carl Franzen on February 12, 2013 02:38 pm + 20 comments

  Earth is due for an especially close flyby of an asteroid on Friday, February 15th, and Google Maps Continue reading…

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  Dinosaurs really were destroyed by an asteroid, study shows

  By Amar Toor on February 10, 2013 03:30 pm + 134 comments

  Scientists have long theorized that the dinosaurs met their demise at the hands of a giant asteroid, Continue reading…

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  Asteroid mining company unveils lightweight telescope for deep space missions

  By Amar Toor on January 22, 2013 03:20 am + 16 comments

  Planetary Resources this week unveiled a full-scale prototype of its Arkyd-100 — a space Continue reading…

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  Deep Space Industries will send 'FireFly' ships to prospect for mineable asteroids in 2015

  By Adi Robertson on January 22, 2013 12:01 am + 53 comments

  Who would have thought that within a year, we'd have multiple, competing asteroid mining startups? D Continue reading…

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  European Space Agency researches asteroid deflection to battle 'Armageddon' scenario

  By Bryan Bishop on January 17, 2013 07:00 pm + 19 comments

  It's a familiar trope from films and television: a giant asteroid is on a collision course with Continue reading…

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  NASA reportedly 'mulling over' mission to capture 550-ton asteroid and put it in lunar orbit

  By Dante D'Orazio on January 2, 2013 06:14 pm + 79 comments

  The space shuttle program may be dead, but it doesn't seem like NASA is slowing down. The space Continue reading…

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  Stop playing vintage games on new monitors

  By Aaron Souppouris on December 10, 2012 03:58 am + 36 comments

  The problem with playing old games with new technology, argues Textfile's Jason Scott, is they're Continue reading…

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  NASA to deploy water-seeking robot on Moon in 2017, manned lunar base could be next

  By Sean Hollister on November 9, 2012 09:42 am + 104 comments

  50 years ago, President John F. Kennedy told the United States that man would go to the moon. Soon, Continue reading…

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  Could paintballs deflect an asteroid headed for Earth?

  By Aaron Souppouris on October 28, 2012 05:49 pm + 87 comments

  An MIT student has put forward an interesting theory: paintballs could deflect an asteroid's path Continue reading…