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Category: Space & Astronomy | Posted on 5-19-2013 | 
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A chunk of rock nine times the size of the QE2 ocean liner will pass within 3.6 million miles this month.
Category: Space & Astronomy | Posted on 5-14-2013 | 10 comments
With 800,000 Twitter followers astronaut Chris Hadfield managed to capture the world's imagination.
Category: Science & Technology | Posted on 4-18-2013 | 29 comments
Two geneticists have applied a computer science principle to biology to find the age of life on Earth.
Category: Space & Astronomy | Posted on 4-11-2013 | 15 comments
NASA has confirmed its long-expected asteroid retrieval mission as a precursor to a manned trip.
Category: Space & Astronomy | Posted on 4-10-2013 | 37 comments
Administrator Charles Bolden has stated that there are no plans to send Americans back to the Moon.
Category: Space & Astronomy | Posted on 4-1-2013 | 5 comments
There are indications that NASA's next budget will include $100 million for a new asteroid mission.
Category: Space & Astronomy | Posted on 3-29-2013 | 1 comment
Japan's Hayabusa 2 spacecraft will by the country's second attempt at an asteroid sample return mission.
Category: Space & Astronomy | Posted on 3-24-2013 | 53 comments
Asteroids have wiped out life on Earth before - what are the chances of another hit any time soon ?
Category: Space & Astronomy | Posted on 3-11-2013 | 48 comments
A massive comet heading towards Mars is providing a stark reminder of the dangers we face from space.
Category: Space & Astronomy | Posted on 3-2-2013 | 38 comments
Infamous asteroid Apophis is in with a chance of hitting the Earth in just over 50 years time.
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