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NASA aims to demonstrate the feasibility of using an interceptor to divert asteroids that could potentially collide with Earth

By Jalpan Nanavati PHOENIX – NASA has appointed a University of Arizona professor to lead a project to track asteroids that potentially could crash into Earth. The mission involves launching a telescope into a high orbit to locate such near-Earth objects using the infrared radiation they emit. Amy Mainzer, a professor of planetary sciences, will lead a team building the Near Earth Object Surveyor, an infrared telescope that will track and characterize any asteroids that one day could crash into the planet. “We want to spot them when they are years to ideally decades away from any potentia...

New space telescope could spot potentially hazardous asteroids heading for Earth By Ashley Strickland, CNN enablePagination: false endIndex: A new space telescope that could spot potentially hazardous asteroids and comets heading for Earth is one step closer to reality. Courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech (CNN) — A new space telescope that could spot potentially hazardous asteroids and comets heading for Earth is one step closer to reality. The Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope, or NEO Surveyor, has been approved by NASA to move forward to the design phase. The 20-foot-long (6-meter-long...

Breathe easy: New space telescope could spot potentially hazardous asteroids heading for Earth Share Updated: 8:46 PM CDT Jun 30, 2021 By Ashley Strickland, CNN Share Updated: 8:46 PM CDT Jun 30, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript mhm. Mhm. Yeah. According to Nasa every year at least one car sized asteroid makes its way into our atmosphere and while asteroid 2021 KT one won't be making landfall in our home planet, it is going to be coming pretty darn close and it's a whole lot bigger than a car. Nasa has classified the asteroid up potentially hazardous objec...

(Photo : NASA) NASA recently announced that they would develop an asteroid hunting space telescope to look out for possible life-threatening asteroids in the solar system. The space is a vast area, and we hardly know what's happening outside Earth. NASA decided to work on a telescope that can see asteroids within our solar system to foresee possible threats to our planet. NASA's Space Telescope - Purpose According to NASA's press release, their infrared space telescope will be of great help to NASA's planetary defense efforts. The telescope increases their ability to observe and characteriz...