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In February 2013, a stunning sight in the sky over Russia made international headlines. The light of an asteroid hurtling toward Earth was brighter than the sun.

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The dinosaurs died off after a massive asteroid strike with a billion times more energy than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. A team at NASA studies the impact to learn more

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Come explore the lost constellations of North America…

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Astrophysicist Brian May (who also happens to be lead guitarist for the rock band Queen) talks about Asteroid Day (June 30), an event designed to raise awareness of the threat to Earth from asteroids. Learn more at asteroidday.org.

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A team at California University-Boulder is developing a system for space gardening with robots.

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The 5 most mysterious photographs taken on Mars - from a strange ball of light shining up from the ground to a humanoid shape that looks impossibly like Bigfoot.

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What formed the gullies that we see on the surface of Mars? Watch NASA scientists try to replicate these features using dry ice on sand dunes.

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CurioCity resources which align with Quebec's Secondary I & II Science and Technology content area on the Earth and Space (Astronomical Phenomena).

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CurioCity resources which align with Newfoundland and Labrador's Grade 12 Earth Systems 3209 Unit on the Introduction to Earth Sciences.

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How do you slow test technologies to slow down spacecraft before they land on Mars? NASA created an “outdoor wind tunnel” in the desert to test their ideas.

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