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    India to be affected by an asteroid shower 19 May 2012

    Scientists on a mission to assess the catastrophic impact on the earth to the forecasted asteroid shower predict that the some countries may face worse. As per the study initiated by the NASA along with the University of Southampton declare...

    Keywords: Near Earth Object programme, cosmic shower, NASA, cosmic shower

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    Huge asteroid to pass Earth closer 06 March 2012

    A 150-foot asteroid orbiting Earth called 2012 DA14 will fly past just 17,000 miles from Earth - nearer than geostationary satellites-on February 15 next year, researchers say. If an asteroid of that size hits our planet, it would cause an...

    Keywords: Science news, Satellites, Space rock, Huge asteroid

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    trojans, Kuiper belt objects, vishy anand is now a planet s name, Asteroid

    Vishy Anand is now a planet's name 03 April 2015

    India’s first chess grandmaster, Vishwanathan Anand has been granted the honor of having a minor planet named after him. With this privilege, Anand joins former world chess champions Alexander Alekhine and Anatoly Karpov who have had a similar honour bestowed...

    Keywords: Kenzo Suzuki, Kenzo Suzuki, Mars, trojans

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    DA14, satellite debris, asteroid to come closest to earth, Asteroid

    Asteroid to come closest to earth 15 February 2013

    Don't be surprised tonight if you are on your roof with your telescope and spot something as big as a football field in the sky. That is not a UFO but an asteroid DA14, which is going to be closest...

    Keywords: DA14, satellite debris, DA14, DA14

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    Largest asteroid impact zone 23 March 2015

    Scientists have discovered a 400 km-wide impact zone from a huge meteorite in central Australia. A team led by Dr Andrew Glikson from the Australian National University (ANU) found a 400 kilometre-wide impact zone from a huge meteorite that broke...

    Keywords: meteorite, Dr Andrew Glikson, Australia, Asteroid

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    NASA, NASA, nuclear bomb can save earth from asteroid collision, Asteroid

    Nuclear bomb 'can save Earth from asteroid collision' 13 February 2012

    Scientists say they have found a way to blast an asteroid into space dust using an atomic bomb. The plan has potentially world-saving consequences should an asteroid emerge on a collision course with Earth. The bomb could be delivered by...

    Keywords: Neclear bomb, nuclear blast, Neclear bomb, NASA

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    Earth Asteroids collision, Ukrainian astronomers, will the world end in 2032, Asteroid

    Will the World end in 2032? 23 August 2014

    Ukrainian astronomers freshly reported that a huge asteroid that is Earth size, could hit our planet in 18 years from now, on August 26, 2032. The asteroid is heard to be traveling with a destructive power  of 50 times greater...

    Keywords: Earth, Ukrainian astronomers, Ukrainian astronomers, Earth

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