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Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Programme GoalA European capability to monitor the space environment for hazards, both natural and human-made that could impact assets in orbit or populations and infrastructure on the ground. OutcomeEstablishment of a space weather (SWE) forecasting service based on existing and to-be-developed assets, including new SWE instruments; a SWE mission to a Lagrange point (L1 or L5); hosted payload missions for SWE instruments; a network of Near Earth Object (NEO) survey telescopes; small satellites for SSA payloads less than 100 kg and Participating States’ subs...

There is a high chance Asteroid 2006 HV5 will not hit Earth next week. Click to read more. An Eiffel Tower-sized asteroid called 2006 HV5 will fly by Earth next week.

Earlier, space scientist Natalie Starkey had suggested that a pre-emptive nuclear strike is a perfect way by which planet Earth can be protected

Sixth Mass Extinction: Surreal as it may seem, we have clearly embarked on the path to self-annihilation. Indeed, several recently published scientific studies warn that the Sixth Mass Extinction is already underway. Lest we forget, our ancestors – Neanderthals, Denisovans, Homo erectus – became extinct, leaving just their descendants, the Homo sapiens, to follow them. The

Scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have warned that Earth could be at a greater risk from an asteroid collision than earlier believed. The bleak warning came [...]