The Spaceguard Centre & Observatory The Spaceguard Centre is the only organisation in the UK addressing the hazard of Near Earth Objects.NEOs are asteroids and comets that come close to, and sometimes collide with the Earth. Such impacts can have devastating effects – they have in the past and will in the future unless we use available technologies to prevent them. |
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| GIANT METEORITES SLAMMED EARTH AROUND A.D. 500? Pieces of a giant asteroid or comet that broke apart over Earth may have crashed off Australia about 1,500 years ago, says a scientist who has found evidence of the possible impact craters. |
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| SUSPECTED ASTEROID COLLISION LEAVES ODD X-PATTERN OF TRAILING DEBRIS NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has observed a mysterious X-shaped debris pattern and trailing streamers of dust that suggest a head-on collision between two asteroids. |
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| MORE FUNDING NEEDED TO MEET ASTEROID DETECTION MANDATE NASA is not doing enough to complete a mandated search for Earth-threatening asteroids and comets because the space agency is not receiving enough money for the problem, according to a National Research Council report. |
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