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        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description>How asteroid 2020 VT4 grazed Earth upper atmosphere at just 370 kilometers altitude, closer than the International Space Station orbit.</description>
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        <title>Chelyabinsk in Numbers: Breaking Down the 2013 Superbolide</title>
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        <title>Why Apophis Was Removed from the Risk List</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description>How radar observations at Goldstone and Green Bank ruled out any chance of asteroid 99942 Apophis hitting Earth for at least a century.</description>
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        <title>The Ten Heaviest Meteorites and Where to See Them</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description>A worldwide guide to the most massive single meteorite masses known to science, from Namibia to Greenland and Manhattan.</description>
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        <title>How Many Meteorites Are Named Each Year?</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description>Tracking the annual approval rate of new meteorites across desert collection expeditions and Antarctic ice fields.</description>
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        <title>How to Read a Sentry Risk Table Without Panic</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description>A practical guide to understanding impact probability denominators, the Torino Scale, and logarithmic Palermo numbers.</description>
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