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Topic: B612 Foundation

Image of Asteroid 2000 QW7 captured by the Virtual Telescope Project (Gianluca Masi, Virtual Telescope Project & Asteroid Day Italy Coordinator)

Asteroid to fly by Earth on Saturday

Nicole Karlis
This computer graphic image provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shows two drum-shaped and solar-powered Minerva-II-1 rovers on an asteroid. Japanese unmanned spacecraft Hayabusa2 released two small Minerva-II-1 rovers on the asteroid Ryugu on Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. (JAXA via AP)

A historic day in space exploration

Nicole Karlis
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Earth's asteroid warning system

Nicole Karlis
Artist's concept of a near-Earth object. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Asteroid detection woefully underfunded

Nicole Karlis
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Poster art for the film "Deep Impact" (1998)

Lindsay Abrams
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