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We should nuke dangerous asteroids, expert says

2013-05-29 20:21:01| CNET News.com

What could go wrong? Sending nuclear warheads into space might seem crazy, but it could be our only chance against asteroids in a crisis. [Read more]

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Canada orbits suitcase-size camera to hunt asteroids

2013-02-27 01:31:09| CNET News.com

With its small telescope, the Near-Earth Object Surveillance Satellite is looking for space rocks that could devastate our planet. [Read more]

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Climate Change a Bigger Extinction Threat than Asteroids

2013-02-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: As teaching moments go, it doesn't get much better than this. NASA scientists have known for nearly a year that a small asteroid called 2012 DA14, about 150 ft. across, would whiz past Earth at the nail-biting distance of 17,000 miles or so -- significantly closer than the 22,500-mile altitude occupied by geosynchronous satellites. It happened right on schedule on Friday morning, with no consequences at all for Earth. But nobody had a clue that a space rock about a third as large would scream...

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Congress to hold hearings about killer asteroids

2013-02-15 22:01:12| CNET News.com

All it took was an unexpected meteorite exploding in western Siberia, along with a record close flyby by another space rock to concentrate Washington's attention on something other than political blood sport. [Read more]

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