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'Planetary defense is knowing what's out there and what could do harm to us.' Meet the scientist who helped build NASA's asteroid response plan
Lindley Johnson has been a pioneer in blueprinting warning and response scenarios to any potential impact of Earth by an ...
An Asteroid Will Fly By Earth in 4 Years. Scientists Are Racing to Uncover Its Secrets.
As the asteroid lines up for a planetary flyby in 2029, space agencies are coordinating to conduct some groundbreaking ...
Earth 1, asteroids 0: The next generation of planetary defense takes shape at JPL
The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet, which is roughly the size at which an asteroid could take out a city, or ...
‘God Of Chaos’ Asteroid: It’s Exactly Four Years Until The Rarest Space Event Of Our Lives
On Friday, April 13, 2029, an asteroid will come closer to Earth than orbiting geosynchronous satellites in a ...
NASA debuts free documentary on the race to stop killer asteroids
NASA has just premiered Planetary Defenders, offering a fascinating look at the high-stakes work geared toward protecting ...
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Tucson-based asteroid trackers featured in new NASA documentary
Three Tucson scientists are featured in "Planetary Defenders," a new NASA documentary that premieres Wednesday about the ...
NASA Shares Planetary Defense Strategy to Protect Earth From Potential Asteroid Strikes
NASA is working on a new space observatory, NEO Surveyor, the first spacecraft designed to assess the threats of asteroids well in advance. The mission launch date is expected to be in the fall of ...
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Hayabusa2 Mission Important to Planetary Defense
Tokyo, April 15 (Jiji Press)--As there are many small asteroids that carry the risk of crashing into Earth's surface, the idea of planetary defense to prevent such disasters is becoming more ...