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NASA announces asteroid mission plans
3-23-2011 |
30
NASA have held a press conference to reveal details of their mission to send astronauts to an asteroid.
Hitching a ride to Mars on an asteroid
2-16-2011 | 10
One physics professor has suggested astronouts get to Mars by hitching a ride on the back of an asteroid.
NASA to lead global asteroid response
10-26-2010 | 14
NASA will play a leading role in Earth's response to possible asteroid threats.
Water carrying asteroids are common
10-10-2010 | 0
New research has suggested that water carried on asteroids is a lot more common than believed.
Earth and Moon bombarded with large asteroids
9-19-2010 | 9
Any life that existed here 3.9 billion years ago would have been wiped out in a massive asteroid bombardment.
Rosetta probe has close encounter with asteroid
7-12-2010 | 3
ESA's Rosetta probe has flown within 1900 miles of the largest asteroid ever visited by a spacecraft.
Nuclear bombs could save earth from asteroids
6-28-2010 | 9
Scientists have suggested that blowing massive asteroids to bits with nuclear bombs might be a viable tactic.
Manned asteroid landing by 2025 "uncertain"
6-27-2010 | 5
Obama's plan to land humans on as asteroid by the year 2025 have been met with uncertainty.
Asteroid probe 'on home straight'
6-1-2010 | 3
Japan's unmanned Hayabusa spacecraft is on its way back to Earth carrying samples of the asteroid Itokawa.
Cuts cast doubt on asteroid plan
3-28-2010 | 19
Plans to determine the trajectory of an asteroid that might hit Earth in 2036 may be foiled by funding cuts.
It's official: an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs
3-6-2010 | 36
A global team of scientists have announced that an asteroid impact is the only plausible cause for the dinosaurs' extinction.
Mysterious object in space observed
2-4-2010 |
This unusual object is believed to be a pattern of trailing debris following a collision between two asteroids in space.
Experts discuss asteroid warning system
1-30-2010 | 0
Experts have converged in Mexico City to discuss the concept of implementing a new asteroid detection and warning system.
Earth not adequately protected against asteroids
1-24-2010 | 4
The National Academy of Sciences has stated that more needs to be done to address the threat of asteroids.
Russia set to deflect killer asteroid
12-31-2009 | 24
Russia is planning to send a spacecraft to deflect a 270m asteroid that is thought to be on a possible collision course ...
Extinction firestorm theory questionned
12-29-2009 | 4
The massive asteroid impact that is thought to have been responsible for killing the dinosaurs may not have sparked a gl...
Dung helps reveal why mammoths died out
11-21-2009 | 5
Examination of the fungus found in ancient mammoth dung has revealed new information about what might have brought them ...
Manned mission to an asteroid proposed
10-26-2009 | 15
A panel of experts appointed by President Obama have proposed that America's manned space programme should bypass the mo...
Did India asteroid kill the dinosaurs ?
10-17-2009 | 0
Scientists now believe the dinosaurs may have died off due to not one but two giant asteroids colliding with the Earth a...
Top 5 natural disaster threats
10-2-2009 | 1
From killer asteroids to supervolcanoes, doomsday scenarios involving natural disasters have been the subject of specula...
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