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Huge asteroid to buzz Earth in November

On November 8 and 9, the quarter-mile-wide asteroid 2005 YU55 will zoom past the Earth, coming within about 200,000 miles, a distance closer than our moon.
NASA should protect Earth from space rocks, panel finds

A NASA task force says the space agency should make protecting the planet a strategic goal.
After visiting asteroid, Hayabusa space capsule returns to Japan

The Hayabusa space capsule, which parachuted into the Australian Outback after a seven-year, billion-mile journey to the asteroid Itokawa and back, is now heading back to Japan for analysis.
Japanese asteroid probe returns to Earth after a journey of roughly 1.25 billion miles

A Japanese asteroid probe returned to Earth and sent a capsule plunging through the atmosphere over the Australian outback Sunday,
Japanese space probe makes fiery return to Earth

A Japanese space probe ended a seven-year journey to a nearby asteroid on Sunday, plunging through the atmosphere over the Australian outback.
Asteroid 'Apophis' will miss us this time; but 2068? Stay tuned

The asteroid Apophis is very unlikely to smack Earth in 2036. That's the good news from a large group of planetary scientists meeting this week in Puerto Rico
Jupiter collision a warning call to Earth

The list of cosmic objects that could hit Earth is growing. Scientists study satellite 'tractors' and nuclear weapons as ways to divert asteroids headed our way.