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  1. We Saw This Asteroid Coming from a Mile Away [Asteroid Watch]

    We Saw This Asteroid Coming from a Mile Away [Asteroid Watch]

    io9 - Oct 12, 2008

    With all the hullabaloo about giant asteroids that could destroy us, we tend to forget the little guy. Luckily, NASA's Catalina Sky Survey has it covered. Last Monday, CSS astronomers caught sight of an incoming object …

    Also tagged: nasa, jpl, asteroid, asteroid watch, 2008 tc3

  2. Tracking Possible Doom from Above [Asteroid Watch]

    io9 - Sep 26, 2008

    With so much focus on corporate bailouts, climate change, and the threat of terrorism, one source of potential disaster has gone sorely neglected: asteroids. It's been ten years since Deep Impact and Armageddon taught …

    Also tagged: armageddon, asteroid, deep impact, asteroid watch

  3. Um, About That Asteroid That Wasn't Going to Hit Us... [Impact Hazards]

    io9 - Jul 16, 2008

    For a while there in 2004, the newly-discovered asteroid 99942 Apophis looked like it had Earth's number. Then scientists crunched some numbers, and the odds of a terrestrial bullseye dropped to 1 in 45,000, where they …

    Also tagged: nasa, asteroid, gravity tractor, wiley coyote, 99942 apophis, impact hazards, rusty schweickart