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The UK's Spaceguard Centre is a key player in tracking near-Earth objects

The UK's Spaceguard Centre is a key player in tracking near-Earth objects

BBC - 28-Jun-2020

Space objects aren't in lockdown so glad someone is still keeping any eye out for existential risks

Probes intended to intercept asteroids for planetary defence

Probes intended to intercept asteroids for planetary defence

SYFY Wire - 16-Apr-2020

Threat of asteroid collision is real - who wants to be wiped out like the dinosaurs?

Planning ahead to save Earth - moving big rocks out of Earth's pathway

Planning ahead to save Earth - moving big rocks out of Earth's pathway

Interesting Engineering - 30-Mar-2020

We humans definitely don't want to end up like Dinosaurs did!

Potentially devastating asteroid skims by Earth almost undetected

Potentially devastating asteroid skims by Earth almost undetected

Independent - 20-Sep-2019

Have you got your go bag ready in case of an unexpected disaster?

NASA reveals large meteor explosion in December 2018

NASA reveals large meteor explosion in December 2018

BBC - 18-Mar-2019

This would have caused damage over a populated city

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NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Rogue Asteroids and Doomsday Comets

Amazon

The Search for the Million Megaton Menace That Threatens Life on Earth, written by Duncan Steel

The Asteroid Threat: Defending Our Planet from Deadly Near-Earth Objects

Amazon

William E. Burrows presents a realistic, workable plan for defusing a potentially lethal threat from a rogue asteroid or comet

Paul Chodas

Manager of the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at JPL

Jay Tate

Director, The Spaceguard Centre

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