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A Place in the Universe (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Large asteroid safely zips past Earth, dragging its moon along - CNN.com :  "The world is OK -- at least this time -- and scientists are psyched. An asteroid dubbed 1998 QE2 whizzed past Earth on Friday, with its own moon in tow. "#asteroidQE2 has sailed harmlessly past Earth," NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory tweeted around 5 p.m. ET." Related articles Large asteroid safely zips past Earth, dragging its moon along - CNN.com Large asteroid zipping past Earth, dragging its own moon along Large Asteroid Safely Zips Past Earth, Dragging its Own Moon Along Asteroid safely zips past Earth, dragging its moon along Asteroid approaching Earth tonight carries a baby moon: Scientists NASA Radar Shows Near-Earth Asteroid Bringing Its Own Moon Giant Asteroid Passing By Earth On Friday Has Its Own Moon Moon discovered around asteroid that's due to fly by Earth tomorrow Large asteroid zipping past ...

English: asteroid 1 (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) To Deflect Asteroids From Earth, Deploy Paintballs By The Ton | Popular Science :  " Paek 's strategy is fairly simple: Five tons of paintballs full of white powder would be launched towards an asteroid from a nearby space craft , 20 years in advance of a possible collision with Earth. The force of the pellets hitting the object will push it off course, but also the reflectivity--the albedo--of the white paint would increase, and over time the photons bouncing off the surface would also force the asteroid away from our planet. How has no one ever thought of this before?" Related articles Could paintballs deflect an asteroid headed for Earth? To Deflect Asteroids From Earth, Deploy Paintballs By The Ton Paintballs Could Deflect Asteroids From Earth Paintballs may deflect an incoming asteroid Paintballs Proposed to Deflect Asteroids Paintball Pellets Could Deflect an Asteroid from Destroying Earth Paintball...