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ASTEROIDS

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JAPAN
Jul 28, 2020
Japan team finds traces of one of largest craters in solar system
A Japanese research team has announced the discovery of traces of the largest impact craters in the solar system on a moon of Jupiter.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jul 28, 2020
School girls in India discover Earth-bound asteroid
Two teenage girls from India have discovered an Earth-bound asteroid by poring through images from a University of Hawaii telescope, an Indian space education institute said on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 2, 2019
Scientists conclude cigar-shaped interstellar object isn't alien spaceship
After investigating the nature of a mysterious and apparently cigar-shaped object called 'Oumuamua spotted in 2017 speeding through our solar system, astronomers remain uncertain over how to classify it, but are confident it is not an alien spaceship.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 29, 2018
NASA unveils program aimed at preventing an asteroid apocalypse
Among Earth's natural disasters, the one humans probably ponder least is asteroids, huge objects zipping through our solar system at ludicrous speeds.
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 11, 2018
Second asteroid in a week passes close to Earth
A recently discovered asteroid zipped within 39,000 miles (64,000 km) of Earth on Friday, the second space rock to pass within the orbit of the moon during the week, according to NASA scientists.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 12, 2014
Asteroid-mining race starts with few laws in place
Nobody is expected to start mining asteroids this decade, but the U.S. Congress is to hold hearings on the Asteroids Act, legislation that takes a simple line: If you extract a resource from an asteroid, it's yours.
EDITORIALS
Feb 27, 2013
Making sense of cosmic coincidences
Two extraterrestrial objects intruded into the presumed order of our daily lives this month, one sideswiping the planet, the other impacting in Russia.

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