Nonprofit Raising Funds For Asteroid Threat Detection

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HOUSTON — The B612 Foundation, a Silicon Valley nonprofit, will attempt to marshal global philanthropic forces to fund an infrared space telescope to identify and track thousands of undetected Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs) in a bid to prevent a collision catastrophe. The foundation’s fund-raising goal...

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