World's 'asteroid busters' widen the search for objects headed toward Earth

Friday, August 18, 2006

PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- They're out there, hidden among a haze of stars -- killer asteroids. Now the world's astronomers are keeping a wary eye to the skies for giant objects on a collison course with Earth.

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