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17-Jun-10

Pan-Starrs telescope begins operations to hunt asteroids

"A new telescope facility in Hawaii designed to search for asteroids and comets which could threaten Earth has been made operational."

Category: Space

14-Jun-10

Space probe with 'asteroid sample' lands on Earth

"Scientists claim Japan's Hayabusa probe could unlock secrets of the solar system and shed light on asteroid impacts"

Category: Space

8-Jun-10

Space saver: the scientist who aims to get rid of space junk

Space is dangerously full of junk, but how to clean it up? A special mirrored 'sail' may prove to be the answer

Category: Space

6-Jun-10

Jupiter collision 'was asteroid'

An object that hit Jupiter last year with a force equivalent to a few thousand nuclear bombs, which left it with a scar the size of Pacific Ocean was probably an asteroid, say astronomers.

Category: Space

13-May-10

Lasers scan future possibilities

"Lasers have already had a profound impact on our daily lives but the potential of the technology has only just been tapped, scientists believe."


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