Friday 12 September 2014

ESA's bug-eyed telescope to spot risky asteroids

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ESA's bug-eyed telescope to spot risky asteroids
Paris (ESA) Sep 12, 2014 - Spotting Earth-threatening asteroids is tough partly because the sky is so big. But insects offer an answer, since they figured out long ago how to look in many directions at once. As part of the global effort to hunt out risky celestial objects such as asteroids and comets, ESA is developing an automated telescope for nightly sky surveys. This telescope is the first in a future network ... more


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