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Developing Technologies to Save the Earth From Asteroids
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| Topic: Meteorites, Comets and Asteroids |
03/09/13 |
| Summary: On April 17, scientists will venture to Washington D.C. to present research as part of NASA's Technology Day on the Hill. One project focuses on protecting the Earth from asteroids using a 'one-two' nuclear punch. |
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Evidence That Comets Could Have Seeded Life on Earth
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| Topic: Meteorites, Comets and Asteroids |
03/07/13 |
| Summary: A new experiment simulating conditions in deep space reveals that the complex building blocks of life could have been created on icy interplanetary dust and then carried to Earth, jump-starting life. |
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Astronomers Calculate Origins of Russian Meteor
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| Topic: Meteorites, Comets and Asteroids |
02/27/13 |
| Summary: A team of reseearchers have used triangulation and two videos to determine the origins of the space rock that exploded over Russia. |
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Target: Asteroid Didymos
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| Topic: Meteorites, Comets and Asteroids |
02/27/13 |
| Summary: A target has been selected for the proposed Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment mission (AIDA). AIDA will intercept Didymos as the asteroid makes its closest approach to Earth in 2022. |
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Russian Meteor Created a Huge Infrasonic Blast
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| Topic: Meteorites, Comets and Asteroids |
02/25/13 |
| Summary: Infrasonic waves from the meteor that broke up over Russia's Ural mountains last week were the largest ever recorded by the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization's International Monitoring System. |
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Radar Movie of Asteroid Flyby
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| Topic: Meteorites, Comets and Asteroids |
02/23/13 |
| Summary: NASA scientists have released an initial sequence of radar images of asteroid 2012 DA14 that was obtained on the night of Feb. 15/16, 2013 using the Deep Space Network antenna. |
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In Memoriam: David McKay
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| Topic: Meteorites, Comets and Asteroids |
02/22/13 |
| Summary: Dr. David S. McKay passed away peacefully in his sleep in the early morning hours of February 20th, 2013. He was 77. |
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Asteroid 2012 DA14 Speeds Away From Earth
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| Topic: Meteorites, Comets and Asteroids |
02/19/13 |
| Summary: As the asteroid 2012 DA14 passed close to Earth on February 15th, astronomers watched the flyby with numerous telescopes. |
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An Asteroid Alert System
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| Topic: Meteorites, Comets and Asteroids |
02/17/13 |
| Summary: Astronomers are developing a new system to identify dangerous asteroids before their final plunge to Earth. The asteroid detection system that will patrol the visible sky twice a night looking for faint objects moving through space. |
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