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Asteroids - from bbc.co.uk/science and nature's Space section
Meteor Showers - what are they, and how can you best hope to see one?
Horizon - Averting Armageddon - if an asteroid was about to hit, what could we do? Could we save our species?...
Horizon - The Day The Earth Nearly Died - ... or could we see another mass extinction?
Lembit Opik - the MP explains to BBC News Online why he feels "vindicated" by scientists' studies into the dangers of asteroids
Meteorite strike - BBC News Online reports on the New Zealand family joined on their sofa by a lump of space rock.Elsewhere on the web
Near Earth Objects - Detailed information about asteroids and comets, and the hazards they pose
Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazards - NASA survery of threats from space
SpaceGuard UK - UK focus for studies of potential Earth impacts
Spacewatch project is one of the groups on the look out for new asteroids
Paul Wiegert - demonstrates asteroids in curious orbital relationships with the Earth
Minor Planets - full, up-to-date listing of minor planets, including future close encounters
Planetary Photojournal - close-up images of asteroids and comets
Google News - the latest on "asteroids" from news sources around the planet (NB: may sometimes include reports on the classic arcade game of the same name) Asteroid Mining
NASA - report on asteroid mines, inspired by the announcement of Toutatis' discovery
How Stuff Works - a clear explanation of the processes that would be involved in space mining
The Challenge of Space Mining - from Space Daily
How it might look - an artist's impression.
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