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ESA considers the next step in assessing the risk from Near-Earth Objects
14/07/04
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On 9 July 2004, the ESA Near Earth Object Mission Advisory Panel recommended a high priority on developing a mission to alter an asteroids orbit. The conclusion was based on the panel�s consideration of six mission studies submitted in February 2003
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Fireball reported over central Texas
08/07/04
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Hundreds of people reported seeing a fireball in the night sky over Texas on Wednesday evening, 7 July.
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UK astronomers find asteroids and comets around nearby star
06/07/04
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UK astronomers studying the Tau Ceti system have discovered that it contains ten times as much material in the form of asteroids and comets as our own solar system.
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NASA spacecraft reveals surprising anatomy of a comet
18/06/04
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The historic encounter between NASA's Stardust spacecraft and a comet revealed much stranger findings than previously believed, surprising mission scientist.
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Cassini spots evidence for an icy-Phoebe
15/06/04
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Images collected during Cassini's close flyby of Saturn's moon, Phoebe, have yielded strong evidence that the tiny object may contain ice-rich material, overlain with a thin layer of darker material perhaps 300 to 500 meters thick.
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Meteorite crash turned Earth inside out
04/06/04
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A devastating meteorite collision billions of years ago caused part of the Earth's crust to flip inside out and left a dusting of a rare metal on the top of the crater.
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Rosetta completes its first scientific activity
27/05/04
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Europe’s comet-chasing space mission, Rosetta, whose ten year journey to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko started on 2 March has successfully performed its first scientific activity, the observation of Comet LINEAR.
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Dinosaurs perished within hours after asteroid collision 65 million years ago
26/05/04
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According to new research the giant asteroid that hit the coast of Mexico 65 million years ago probably incinerated all the large dinosaurs that were alive at the time in only a few hours.
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Asteroid with the smallest orbit discovered
25/05/04
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The ongoing search for Near Earth Asteroids has yielded another interesting object. Designated 2004 JG6 , this newly discovered object has the smallest orbit of any know asteroid.
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Asteroids change colour as they age
20/05/04
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A team of scientists from the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy have provided evidence that asteroids change colour as they age.
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Impact crater linked to �Great Dying�
14/05/04
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A research team, led by University of California scientist Luann Becker, have published a paper describing an impact crater thought to be associated with the "Great Dying," the largest extinction event in the history of life on Earth.
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A NEAT naked-eye comet
11/05/04
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Comet NEAT (C/2001 Q4) should be at its brightest and best in the evening sky this week. Visible after dusk, the comet will become easier to see as the week, and month, progress.
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Park Forest meteorite's history uncovered
20/04/04
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Scientists have calculated that the Park Forest meteorite that fell in Illinois on 26 March 2003 came from a body weighing no less than 900 kilograms.
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Polar clouds remove meteoric iron
20/04/04
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Scientists have found that polar clouds play a significant role in removing meteoric iron from Earth�s atmosphere.
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Opportunity sheds light on Martian meteorite puzzle
19/04/04
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NASA's Opportunity rover has been examining a rock with a composition unlike anything seen on Mars before. However, the rock bears similarities to a class of meteorite believed to have originated on the Red planet.
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