Images: Sighting asteroids for target practice
Summary: The European Space Agency has named two potential targets for its asteroid-diverting program.
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This isn't the first such rendezvous with a fast-moving space rock. In July 2005, a NASA probe collided with comet Tempel 1 to get a better look at what it's made of.
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