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About asteroids and Planetary Defence

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Close approach of asteroid 2024 ON

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Close approach of asteroid 2024 ON
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Hera CubeSats’ touchdown

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Hera CubeSats’ touchdown
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ESA’s final observations of asteroid 2024 RW1

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ESA’s final observations of asteroid 2024 RW1
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ESA’s final observations of asteroid 2024 RW1
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Asteroid 2024 RW1 impact – ESA analysis

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Debris from DART impact could reach Earth

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Hera departs ESA test centre
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Goodbye Hera: asteroid mission departs ESA test centre

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ESA's Ramses mission to asteroid Apophis
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Introducing Ramses, ESA’s mission to asteroid Apophis

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Hera in the doghouse

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10 impact craters seen from space

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Earth from Space: Meteor Crater

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Ahead of Asteroid Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Meteor Crater, also known as the Barringer Meteorite Crater.
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Two large asteroids safely pass Earth just 42 hours apart

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Stunning meteor captured by ESA's fireball camera in Cácere…

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The Incredible Adventures of the Hera mission – The Missing…

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Fireball over Germany created by asteroid 2024 BX1

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ESA and Asteroids

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About asteroids and Planetary Defence

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Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre

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Examining the first test of asteroid deflection, in the first rendezvous with binary asteroid system

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Future Flyeye telescope
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Flyeye: ESA’s bug-eyed asteroid hunter

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ESA's Test-Bed Telescope 2 at sunset at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile
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Test Bed Telescopes

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NEOMIR - in-orbit asteroid spotter
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NEOMIR: finding risky asteroids outshone by the Sun

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Asteroid 99942 Apophis
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Apophis

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Asteroid impact 2028: Protecting our planet

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Asteroids, comets, meteors and more - what's the difference?

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Space rocks infographic: things that go bump in the night
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Observation: Flyeye telescopes

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Infographic: Flyeye telescopes to spot asteroids
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Detection: What's the risk?

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Asteroid detected! Now what?
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Asteroid danger explained

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Infographic: asteroid danger explained
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Risky asteroids: how close do they come?

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Risky asteroids: how close do they come?
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Hera mission overview

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Hera mission overview
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Hera mission overview

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Hera mission overview
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Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment (AIDA) collaboration

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Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment (AIDA) collaboration
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Main aspects of the Hera mission

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Main aspects of the Hera mission
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Main aspects of the Hera mission

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Main aspects of the Hera mission
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Goals of the Hera mission

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Goals of the Hera mission
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Goals of the Hera mission

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Goals of the Hera mission
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Hera mission timeline

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Hera mission timeline

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Planetary defence - videos

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10 impact craters seen from space

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Stunning meteor captured by ESA's fireball camera in Cácere…

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The Incredible Adventures of the Hera mission – The Missing…

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Fireball over Germany created by asteroid 2024 BX1

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Hera asteroid mission goes on trial

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DART asteroid impact impresses in ESA’s view from the groun…

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How asteroids go from threat to no sweat

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ESA Asteroid Day Programme - English

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ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano imagines human voyages to an a…

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Fireball spotted over Germany

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ESA’s Hera asteroid mission is go

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Gaia’s asteroid discoveries
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Gaia’s asteroid discoveries

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Modelling Didymoon’s post-impact libration

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Hera: ESA’s planetary defence mission

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Asteroid impact 2028: Protecting our planet

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Hera spacecraft self-driving navigation test

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Flyeye: the bug-eyed telescope monitoring our skies

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ESA and Asteroids

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Grains from space

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In touch with meteorites

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Top ten reasons why the dinosaurs became extinct

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Asteroid Day 2018 live from ESA/ESO

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Hera mission

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What is a near-Earth asteroid?

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Hera mission

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Gaia’s first asteroid survey

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On watch for space hazards

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ESA Euronews: Can we deflect asteroids?

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Tim Peake for Asteroid Day

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Asteroid Day - ESA experts explain the nature and threat of…

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Accidents and Asteroids

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Asteroid 2002GT passes Earth 26 June 2013

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