20130515 ASTEROID catch
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Centerpiece graphic looks at proposed NASA plan for catching wayward asteroids; NASA has unveiled an ambitious, $105 million plan to build a spaceship to drag an asteroid closer to Earth. Bay Area News Group 2013

With BC-SCI-ASTEROID:SJ, San Jose Mercury News by Lisa M. Krieger

20130216 METEORS facts
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EDITORS: Correction changes label of mass of meteor to tons, not pounds; updates number to 10,000 tonsDiagrams compare the two celestial objects that hit or swept past Earth Feb. 15 with other famous impacts of such objects; with data about asteroid 2012 DA14 and the unnamed meteor that caused injuries and damage over southern Russia. MCT...

20130205 ASTEROID
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EDITORS: Updates time reference language, to reflect that the asteroid passed the Earth Feb. 15; also updates distance of its closest pass. Graphic diagraming the passage of asteroid 2012 DA14 through the Earth-moon system on Feb. 15. MCT 2013

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Feb. 16, 2013 - Manila, Philippines - Asteroid 2012 DA14 (lower right) shoots through the night sky in this long exposure photograph as it passes by closely to Earth in the early dawn hours. Asteroid 2012 DA14 safely passed Earth after its closest approach of 17,500 miles above Indonesia, according to NASA. (Credit Image: (C) Ezra...

20120404 SM Moons
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Weekly Science Matters graphic: At any moment, Earth has two moons - its familiar moon Luna and a 3-ft. (1-meter) asteroid in temporary orbit. MCT 2012

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20120330 MEGAMILLIONS
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Table comparing the odds of winning the Mega MIllions jackpot to other odds. MCT 2012

BC-MEGAMILLIONS:LA, Los Angeles Times by Scott Gold, Corina Knoll and Matt Stevens

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20120229 SM Black hole
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Weekly Science Matters graphic: Regular bursts of X-rays from center of Milky Way galaxy are caused by giant black hole destroying asteroids. MCT 2012

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Feb. 10, 2012 - Outer Space - A new study provides a possible explanation of mysterious X-ray flares detected by Chandra over the period of several years. It suggests that there is a cloud around Sagittarius A containing trillions of asteroids and comets, stripped from their parent stars. The flares occur when asteroids of six miles or larger...

US NEWS SCI-ASTEROID LA
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Chief Investigative Scientist Lance Benner shows a photo of an asteroid taken Monday, November 7, 2011, as it approaches earth at Goldstone Deep Space Communications Center at Fort Irwin, California. The asteroid will be a safe distance away from earth as it flies by more than 201,700 miles away, but still the closest to pass in decades. (Gina...

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Nov. 7, 2011 - Ft. Irwin, California, U.S. - The reflection of the 230-foot wide radio telescope at the Goldstone Deep Space facility on Ft .Irwin is reflected in the sunglass of JEFF OSMAN of NASA's Jet Propulsion Labratory (JPL). The radio telescope has been tracking astroid YU55. An asteroid about the size of an aircraft carrier was hurtling...

20111108 ASTEROID
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Graphic looks at the projected path of Asteroid YU55. Los Angeles Times/MCT 2011

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20111107 ASTEROID YU55
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Graphic looks at the projected path of Asteroid 2005 YU55; the large asteroid, as tall as the Empire State Building, is expected to come within approximately 201,700 miles (324,604 km) of Earth, according to NASA. MCT 2011

With SCI-ASTEROID: LA, by the Los Angeles Times

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