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Large Asteroid Makes Rare Fly-By of Earth
Science & Tech  (tags: astronomy, space, asteroids, earth, interesting )

Ingrid
- 199 days ago - spacedaily.com
A big asteroid made its closest fly-by of Earth in 200 years on Tuesday, but there was never a chance of a crash landing as it zipped past our planet, NASA said.
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Giant Asteroid Is About to Pass Between the Earth and the Moon - Our Closest Shave for 35 Years
Science & Tech  (tags: Giant, asteroid, is, about to, pass, between, the, Earth, the, moon, our, closest, shave, for, 35 years )

Agnes
- 200 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
2005 YU55 will be 200,000 miles away on November 8 Scientists have predicted it would cause a giant earthquake or a huge tsunami if it hit Earth The last time a rock of a comparable size passed so close was in 1976, but it was missed by NASA
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Earth-Observing Satellite Boosted Into Orbit
Science & Tech  (tags: Earth, -observing, satellite, boosted, into, orbit )

Agnes
- 210 days ago - ctv.ca
After a years-long delay, an Earth-observing satellite blasted into space early Friday on a dual mission to improve weather forecasts and monitor climate change. A Delta 2 rocket carrying the NASA satellite lifted off shortly before 3 a.m. from the
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NASA and Japan Create Spectacular Map of Earth (Video)
Science & Tech  (tags: science, tech, NASA, Japan, Create, Spectacular, Map, of, Earth )

Agnes
- 219 days ago - treehugger.com
Google Earth is the go-to software for viewing the planet in detail. However, a new topographical map created by NASA and Japan's Advanced Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, or ASTER, instrument is showing up even Google Earth with a "global dig
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Animals Shrinking as Earth Warms: Researchers
Science & Tech  (tags: Animals, shrinking, as, Earth, warms, researchers )

Agnes
- 221 days ago - abc.net.au
Plants and animals are shrinking because of warmer temperatures and lack of water, researchers have said, warning it could have profound implications for food production in years ahead.
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Venus Weather Not Boring After All, Scientists Discover
Science & Tech  (tags: Venus, Climate, Earth, Weather, Environment, Space )

Katie
- 241 days ago - sciencedaily.com
The climate on Venus is widely known to be unpleasant -- at the surface, the planet roasts at more than 800 degrees Fahrenheit under a suffocating blanket of sulfuric acid clouds and a crushing atmosphere more than 90 times the pressure of Earth's.
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.....NASA Gives 1-Hour Window for Satellite Collision With Earth; Washington State Only Worry in US
Science & Tech  (tags: collision, earth, environment, nasa, performance, safety, satellite, space, world )

Rosemary
- 244 days ago - ca.news.yahoo.com
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A 6-ton NASA satellite on a collision course with Earth clung to space Friday, apparently flipping position in its ever-lower orbit and stalling its death plunge. The old research spacecraft was targeted to crash ...
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A 'Diamond' Bigger Than Earth Discovered Orbiting a Pulsar
Science & Tech  (tags: Earth, Planet, Diamond, Size )

Seema
- 273 days ago - dailygalaxy.com
A once-massive star that's been transformed into a planet five times the size of Earth made of diamond.
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Evidence Found for Undiscovered Comet That May Threaten Earth
Science & Tech  (tags: Comet, Space, Earth, Threaten, Evidence )

Katie
- 302 days ago - space.com
A surprise meteor shower spotted in February was likely caused by cosmic "bread crumbs" dropped by an undiscovered comet that could potentially pose a threat to Earth, astronomers announced today
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Species Placed in Simulator of Earth's Future Climate
Science & Tech  (tags: research, earth, future climate )

Suzane
- 320 days ago - treehugger.com
If the projections of countless scientists are correct, the climate of this planet will be markedly different by the end of this century -- but for a group of plants and animals, that future is now.
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***SEISMIC ALERT*** THE ENTIRE PLANET EARTH IS SHAKING ... ONCE AGAIN !!!
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PinkMindy
- 320 days ago - theicemancometh2012.blogspot.com
Official USGS seismographs continue to register earth-shaking evidence without any proper analysis, coverage, nor the generally expected explanation for this ongoing and sporadic terrestrial phenomena!
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How Hot Did Earth Get in the Past? Team of Scientists Uncovers New Information
Science & Tech  (tags: Earth, Environment, science )

Anna
- 325 days ago - sciencedaily.com
The question seems simple enough: What happens to Earth's temperature when atmospheric carbon dioxide levels increase? The answer is elusive. However, clues are hidden in the fossil record. A new study by researchers from Syracuse and Yale universities...
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UK's Agent Mulder Looks at Telegraph's X Files for the Truth
Science & Tech  (tags: UK, UFO, Telegraph, X files, earth )

Anna
- 332 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Nick Pope was employed by the Ministry of Defence to investigate alien abduction and sightings as part of their now defunct UFO Project.
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INCOMING! Asteroid to Narrowly Miss Earth on Monday
Science & Tech  (tags: astronomy, space, scientists, news, asteroid, earth, near miss )

Judith
- 333 days ago - news.discovery.com
This may sound like late notice, but astronomers have just spotted a rather chunky asteroid heading our way, set to narrowly miss us on Monday. In fact, it will be suc a narrow miss that astronomers in the Southern Hemisphere should be able to spot the
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Twitter Helps Astronomers Zero-In On M51 Supernova
Science & Tech  (tags: Earth, space, supernova, astronomy )

Anna
- 354 days ago - news.discovery.com
On May 31, a bright supernova erupted in M51 -- more famously known as the "Whirlpool Galaxy" -- located approximately 25 million light-years from Earth. Amateur astronomers were the first to spot the rapidly brightening object -- bright enough to be.....
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