WASHINGTON — A House hearing about how NASA is dealing with the threat posed by asteroid impacts turned into a discussion about a very different threat: the impact of proposed NASA budget cuts. The ...

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Stories like that of dinosaur extinction have understandably made people fearful of asteroid impacts. NASA is one of the organizations that continually keeps track of asteroids that are 'close' to ...