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2012 Asteroid TC4 came close to earth Oct. 12; amateur astronomers got to watch

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Caterpillar Moon

Source: Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Explanation: A close series of consec ...
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Mars hit by space rocks 200 times a year

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/UA One of many fresh impact craters spotted by the UA-led HiRISE camera, orbiting the Red Planet on board NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter since 2006. By SPACE.com staff Small space rocks are carving fresh craters into the Martian ...
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Capture an asteroid? Piece of cake

Source: Los Angeles Times

If you’re a woman, you’ve undoubtedly heard this phrase -- probably more than once -- from your father/grandfather/husband/boyfriend/male friends, shortly before the aforementioned types did something really dumb. It’s a guy thing -- and yes, ladies, you ...
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U.S. Lawmakers Again Prod NASA’s Asteroid Retrieval Plan

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WASHINGTON — House lawmakers preparing to write a new NASA authorization bill voiced doubts May 21 about the worthiness of sending astronauts to a relocated asteroid as soon as 2021 — the only mission, destinati ...
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NASA details plan to capture asteroid

Source: New York Daily News

While no one has yet figured out how to catch a shooting star, NASA has set its sights on lassoing an asteroid so as to one day save the Earth from destruction. Charles Bolden, the director of the U.S. space agency, visi ...
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Private firms may travel to lunar surface: NASA report

Source: MSN India

London, May 24 (IANS) A study of future human missions has indicated corporate researchers could be living on the moon by the time NASA astronauts head off to visit an asteroid in the 2020s. The study by ...
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NASA plans to drag asteroid into lunar orbit

Source: Toronto Star

LOS ANGELES—NASA Administrator Charles Bolden dropped by JPL on Thursday to outline the agency’s plans to capture an asteroid, and to look at a model of a powerful new ion thruster that has enough strength to drag a ...
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Dark, massive asteroid to fly by Earth on May 31

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It's 1.7 miles long. Its surface is covered in a sticky black substance similar to the gunk at the bottom of a barbecue. If it impacted Earth it would probably result in global extinction. Good thing it is just making ...
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NASA Administrator Visits JPL, Talks Asteroids

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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden met with members of the asteroid initiative team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., today. Later, Bolden and some team members spoke with media inside a ...
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Minor Lunar Eclipse Tonight: How to Watch It Online

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This image from the Space Telescope Science Institute depicts the penumbral lunar eclipse expected to occur on May 24, 2013. CREDIT: Space Telescope Science Institute The moon will take the smallest of dips through the Earth's shadow in a minor e ...
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