Ep. 674: Asteroid Early Warning Systems
Full Raw Episode with Q&A
365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition · [email protected]
March 27, 202358m 8s
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Show Notes
The asteroid apocalypse is one of those existential crises that keep astronomers up at night. But the DART mission showed us that we can push an asteroid off its trajectory if we have enough warning. Today we’ll talk about how humanity is building early warning systems to give us time to respond to a dangerous asteroid.