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WORK BEGINS ON NASA’S ASTEROID-HUNTING TELESCOPE
The infrared space telescope will search for potentially threatening near-Earth objects
Reported by Elizabeth Rayne
An artist’s depiction of NASA’s NEO Surveyor telescope looking for asteroids
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100 WONDERS OF THE UNIVERSE
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