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Faulkes Telescope Project supports ESA's SSA NEO hunt
Amateur astronomers boost ESA’s asteroid hunt
 
14 May 2012   A partnership with the UK’s Faulkes Telescope Project promises to boost the Agency’s space hazards research while helping students to discover potentially dangerous space rocks.
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Asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass within 24000km of Earth
Near-miss asteroid will return next year
 
15 March 2012   When it whizzes past Earth in 2013, a newly discovered asteroid is going to miss our planet – but not by much. The 50 m space rock is expected to come closer than many satellites, highlighting the growing need to keep watch on hazards from above.
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Large solar flares generate geomagnetic storm
 
8 March 2012   A pair of unusually large solar flares early yesterday generated a Coronal Mass Ejection that will reach Earth around mid-day today. It will likely cause at least a strong geomagnetic storm that could affect satellites in space and trigger auroral displays.
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5 March 2012   Solar flare pushes plasma cloud toward Earth
31 January 2012   Space Station manoeuvres to avoid space debris
25 January 2012   Space debris experts confirm estimate for Phobos–Grunt reentry
24 January 2012   Solar storm heading toward Earth
29 November 2011   Keeping watch on our seething Sun
2 December 2011   ESA's space weather station Proba-2 tracks stormy Sun
22 November 2011   Redu trains big dish on Galileo satellites


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