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Happy Asteroid Day! Schweickart Prize Spotlights Planetary Defense


Every year on June 30, Asteroid Day marks the anniversary of a meteor airburst in 1908 that leveled hundreds of square miles of Siberian forest land. But a more recent meteor blast — and a new plan for getting advance warning of the next one — is receiving some added attention for this year's Asteroid Day.

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