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Global cooperation is key to spotting an asteroid headed for Earth – Digital Trends
To find out more about how to identify and track asteroids approaching Earth, and how global cooperation can keep our planet safe, we spoke to an expert.
If you’ve noticed an uptick in reports of asteroids whizzing close to Earth in the last few years, it might seem as if our planet is more in danger of being struck by a space rock than ever before. But there hasn’t really been an increase in the number of asteroids threatening Earth — it’s that our ability to detect those asteroids has dramatically improved.
Our magnificent Milky Way galaxy is radiant over ESO’s La Silla Observatory.ESO/B. Tafreshi (twanight.org)
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