Posts tagged Space Agencies

Nasa plans ‘deflector’ for rogue asteroids

Jan 3rd

Posted by blogger in INDIA

On November 6, 2009, an asteroid about seven metres in size was discovered just 15 hours before it whizzed past the earth. Thankfully, the object – designated 2009 VA – was

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Extraterrestrial doom a rage in films

Jan 3rd

Posted by blogger in INDIA

Asteroids hitting the earth have been part of popular culture for long. In 1979, for instance, the movie Meteor fired public imagination. It helped that the stars of the movie included Sean

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