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Safeway-size asteroid to get closer to Earth than satellites

2013-02-05 00:06:07| CNET News.com

NASA says there's no chance this "small asteroid" will strike the Earth, but it could be nasty if it did. [Read more]

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Double asteroid trouble may have wiped out dinosaurs

2013-02-04 21:34:35| CNET News.com

The asteroid theory of dinosaur extinction gets a new twist as scientists look into what may have been a twin asteroid impact. [Read more]

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Deep Space Industries to begin asteroid prospecting by 2015, mining by 2020

2013-01-22 16:44:32| Extremetech

A new space company called Deep Space Industries will be making a live broadcast later today to announce its plans to begin asteroid prospecting operations by 2015. They will be launching a fleet of mini spacecraft into solar orbit to identify potential targets near to the earth that would be suitable to mine.

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Europe's space agency kicks off asteroid collision mission

2013-01-18 02:54:33| CNET News.com

Scientists begin investigations on whether it's possible to send small shuttles into space with the goal of smashing into and diverting oncoming asteroids. [Read more]

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NASA deems Earth safe from massive asteroid strike in 2036

2013-01-11 04:53:56| CNET News.com

Scientists have been wringing their hands over the possibility of asteroid Apophis crashing into the planet, but new data from a distant flyby diminishes the chances of an Earth impact. [Read more]

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