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Near-Earth Objects
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How Big Does an Asteroid Need to Be to End Humanity?
From city-destroyers to planet-sterilizers, scientists are tracking the asteroids that could one day threaten all life on Earth and developing the technology to prevent them from doing so.
The Viewpoint: A new observatory is assembling the most complete time-lapse record of the night sky ever
Now operational, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is creating a 10-year movie of the universe to investigate everything from the nature of dark matter to the threat of nearby asteroids.
Why we are so scared of space – and how this fear can drive conspiracy theories
klyaksun/Shutterstock Tony Milligan, King’s College London There are many home-grown problems on Earth, but there’s still time to…