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Impacts Worry Internet Users
21/06/02
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In the wake of asteroid 2002MN's close shave with the Earth an MSNBC poll suggests internet users are concerned about impacts.
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Comet Mission on Launch Pad
20/06/02
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The CONTOUR spacecraft has been moved to its launch pad ready to blast off on July 1 to visit two comets.
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Winking Star Betrays Asteroids?
20/06/02
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Changes in brightness of star KH 15D may reveal the presence of planets and perhaps asteroids astronomers have announced.
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Asteroid 2002MN gives Earth a close shave
19/06/02
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A small asteroid known as '2002MN' gave Earth a near miss on 14 June, when it came well within the Moon's orbit.
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Rare Meteorite Found
14/06/02
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A rare meteorite known as a pallasite has been found on the shores of Lake Huron, Canada
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The Sun's Loops Jump for SOHO
13/06/02
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Loops of enormously hot gas seen by the ESA/NASA SOHO spacecraft may help scientists predict outbursts from the Sun.
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Youngest Asteroid Family Discovered
13/06/02
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Researchers have found a group of asteroids that were produced in the break-up of a larger object only 5.8 million years ago.
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ESA to Ion-Drive
11/06/02
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European Space Agency announces that the ion-drive is here to stay for future missions.
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Next Generation Team Announced
11/06/02
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NASA have announced the team that will build the near-infrared camera for the Next Generation Space Telescope.
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Heavy and Light Air Detected in Comet
11/06/02
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The Odin satellite has successfully measured the oxygen isotopes in water vapour from comet Ikeya-Zhang.
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Did Global Warming Kill the Dinos?
11/06/02
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New research on fossil plants suggests that global warming caused by carbon dioxide may have caused the K/T mass extinction.
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Ingenious Amateur Asteroid Hunter
07/06/02
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An amateur asteroid hunter has come up with an ingenious new telescope design to search the night sky for NEOs and wants to go global.
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Early Warning Worries
07/06/02
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The deputy director of operations for U.S. Space Command voices his own personal concerns over confusion between small asteroid collisions and nuclear events.
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Eruptions Get Bigger for Mass Extinction
07/06/02
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New research suggests the flood basalts of the Siberian Traps are twice as large as previously thought and may have caused the mass extinction 250 m years ago.
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Hubble Sees Heat Again
06/06/02
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The infrared camera on the Hubble Space Telescope has been repaired and will allow dark objects, including icy bodies in our Solar System, to be studied in detail.
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