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European Asteroid Smasher Could Bolster Planetary Defense

February 24, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Planetary Defense is a concept very few people heard of or took seriously – that is until last week’s humongous and totally unexpected meteor explosion over Russia sent millions of frightened residents ducking for cover, followed just hours later by Earth’s [...]

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2011: Top Stories from the Best Year Ever for NASA Planetary Science!

December 31, 2011

A year ago, 2011 was proclaimed as the “Year of the Solar System” by NASA’s Planetary Science division. And what a year of excitement it was indeed for the planetary science community, amateur astronomers and the general public alike ! NASA successfully delivered astounding results on all fronts – On the Story of How We [...]

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Sounds of Comet Tempel 1 smashing into Stardust-NExT

February 23, 2011

As Stardust-Next was racing past Comet Tempel at 9.8 km/sec, or 24,000 MPH, it encountered a hail of bullet like particles akin to a warplane meeting the fury of armed resistance fighters which potentially could have utterly destroyed the probe. NASA has released a cool sound track of the sounds of thousands of cometary dust [...]

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NASA’s Stardust Discovers Human made Deep Impact Crater on Comet Tempel 1

February 16, 2011

NASA’s aging and amazing Stardust space probe has at last discovered the human made crater created on Comet Tempel 1 in 2005 by the history making cosmic smash up with NASA’s Deep Impact penetrator. Stardust streaked past the comet on Feb. 14 at 10.9 km/sec, or 24,000 MPH, and succeeded in briefly photographing the crater [...]

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Stardust-NExT Unveils Astoundingly Detailed and Crater-rich Photos of Comet Tempel 1

February 15, 2011

NASA’s Stardust-NExT raced past Comet Tempel 1 overnight Feb 14/15 at over 10 km/sec or 24,000 MPH and is now sending back the 72 astoundingly detailed and crisp science images of Comet Tempel 1 taken during closest approach at 11:37 p.m. EST on Feb. 14. The high resolution images are amazingly sharp and clearly show [...]

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