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Can we relax about killer asteroids?
Commentary, Nation World
Mar 03, 2025
For a brief window, Asteroid 2024 YR4 looked like a planetary hazard in the making. At up to 90 meters (295 feet) in diameter, it was described as a p...
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Potential wonders of the Webb
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jan 04, 2022
Was the (potentially) amazing James Webb Space Telescope launched from French Guiana on Christmas of all days to put it more in the public eye — or le...
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Private space tourism is here
Jul 13, 2021
British billionaire Richard Branson took a quick trip from New Mexico to the edge of space and back on Sunday, and along the way reminded us all of th...
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NASA’s ingenuity on Mars
Local Columnists, Nation World
Apr 27, 2021
It’s hard to imagine that a flight lasting a mere 39 seconds could represent monumental scientific achievement, but that was the reaction — and celebr...
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Too many satellites planned for orbit?
Commentary, Nation World
May 23, 2020
Space, that final frontier, could become very crowded very soon. There are an estimated 2,200 satellites orbiting the Earth at present, but telecommun...
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