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Friday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. A confrontation between the White House and Congress over a March 1 budget sequestration looms. Is NASA too consumed...

What to do about Earth-threatening space rocks? Credit: Texas A&M
If an asteroid has Earth’s name on it, how best to deflect such an incoming menace?
A spurt of special spray paint is the possible answer from Dave Hyland, professor of physics and astronomy and also a faculty member in the aerospace...

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Thursday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. The success of U. S. space policy relies on a balance of government, commercial and international programs. On Mars,...
It’s a replay of the confrontation they managed to avoid just before New Year’s Day.
This time, the cuts may take affect, according to experts. President Obama has urged lawmakers to pursue a less drastic course. His critics say he set sequestration in motion.
In all, sequestration would force $85 billion in budget reductions through Sept. 30, or the end of the 2013 fiscal year.
At NASA, efforts to foster competitive commercial crew services capable of transporting astronauts to and from the International Space Station...

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Wednesday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. Friday’s dual asteroid encounter has scientists and policy makers still talking about the consequences. The...

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Tuesday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. Studies of the Higgs boson raise new concerns for the future of the universe. In Russia, searchers begin to recover...

Size of 2012 DA14. Credit: Michael Carroll (used with permission)
That close flyby of Earth by a space rock should provide new data critical to understanding the potential hazards that other asteroids could pose if they collide with the Earth.
Shortly after the destructive Russian fireball event on February 15, asteroid 2012 DA14 passed ultra-close to the Earth.
This encounter never...

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Monday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space-related activities from around the globe. The surprise explosion of a Near Earth Object over Russia early Friday and the subsequent predicted close encounter...






























