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Mar 17, 2010
Planetary Society Offers Funding to International Asteroid-Tracking CommunityTo find and track near-Earth objects (NEOs) to determine which -- if any -- pose a threat to our world, The Planetary Society has issued a call for new proposals for its Gene Shoemaker Near Earth Object Grants.
Feb 24, 2010
Stephen Hawking to Accept Cosmos Award in Cambridge, EnglandThe Planetary Society has named physicist Stephen Hawking the next recipient of the Cosmos Award for Outstanding Public Presentation of Science.
Feb 12, 2010
Saving Earth One Asteroid at a TimeLast month, a baseball-sized meteorite punched through the roof of a doctor's office in Lorton, Virginia, scattering insulation and ripping a hole in the carpet. What if it had been larger � much larger � and what if we knew in advance that it was coming?
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