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Giant asteroids are about to fly over the Earth
Scientists say an asteroid, 20 times larger than a meteorite that once caused a big explosion in Russia, will approach Earth on January 26.
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Discover a new natural satellite of the Earth
Although long-lived, a natural satellite of the Earth, or
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Software to predict the harmful effects of meteors
While there are more and more news about asteroids abruptly surfing the Earth.
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Detecting two asteroids crashing into each other
Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered a collision between asteroids, which can lead to the formation of new planets.
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Reveal Rosetta's opponent
Japanese space scientists have announced the rival of Rosetta: the Hayabusa-2 spacecraft will chase the asteroid and land on the target, take samples and return to Earth.
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Asteroids are about to fly through the earth
An asteroid will glide over the Earth next Sunday. This event can be most clearly observed from New Zealand.
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Asteroids challenge every law of gravity
A giant asteroid with a special orbital close to Earth is in fact an unusual combination of debris, spinning rapidly at a record speed.
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Why are planets spherical, and meteorites?
In fact, the big planets all have spheres while meteorites have different shapes, however our Earth is not completely spherical.
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Asteroids play a key role for the Martian mission
Nearly asteroids near Earth provide a unique opportunity to test new technologies necessary for the mission to send people to Mars.
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Discovered the meteorite piece that opened the explosion nearly 500 million years ago
Scientists have discovered that a meteorite that falls on Earth could help them uncover the secrets of the explosion about 500 million years ago that transformed life on…
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Change candidates for hunting asteroids
The US Aerospace Agency (NASA) has discovered a new asteroid with rotational size, mass and speed in accordance with the plan.
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Mission Mars before the risk of failure
In a report submitted to the US Congress, the National Research Council (NRC) warned that the US Air and Space Administration's (NASA) program to bring people to Mars wo…
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Asteroid travels through the Earth
The asteroid is about the same size as a new bus passing through the Earth at close range, but does not cause a dangerous impact.
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Specimen worth 800 million USD
Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) is planning to collect specimens from distant asteroids to bring them back to Earth to study.
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The risk of asteroids stabbing the Earth is higher than expected
New research results have raised the probability of asteroids being bombed to a higher level than before.