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Gazing at the night sky can evoke a sense of wonder regarding humanitys place in the Universe. But thats not all it can evoke.

Astronomers are developing an ingenious system to pulverise asteroids that they believe is the ''Earth's only chance in a catastrophe.'' "So far, humanity has been spared large-scale catastrophe as was visited upon our previous tenants, but counting upon being 'lucky' is a poor strategy in the longer term," said Professor Philip Lubin from the University of California Santa Barbara.

NASA has only mapped 40% of the potentially dangerous asteroids that could crash into Earth. New projects will boost that number, and upcoming missions will test tech that could prevent collisions.

NASA has only mapped 40% of the potentially dangerous asteroids that could crash into Earth. New projects will boost that number, and upcoming missions will test tech that could prevent collisions.

A space security expert explains NASAs plans to prevent a potential catastrophe.

A space security expert explains NASAs plans to prevent a potential catastrophe.

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The year 2021 brought a lot: including the landing of the Perseverance supercarrier and Ingenuity helicopter on Mars, and the launch of the most expensive single instrument we’ve sent into space —…

This February’s calendar has lots of twos. There was 02-02-2022 and now 02-22-2022 – which some people are calling “Twosday.”

China, competing with the U.S. in space, also laid out plans for a near-Earth object defense system and a mission to return samples from the moon.