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UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/39471/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/39471/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Images Asteroid Donaldjohanson <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asteroids</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GoddardSpaceFlightCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoddardSpaceFlightCenter</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Lucy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lucy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
Cosmic Log<p>Lucy probe snaps closeup of weirdly shaped asteroid<br>NASA's Lucy spacecraft made a successful flyby of the second asteroid on its must-see list over the weekend, and sent back imagery documenting the elongated object's bizarre double-lobed shape.</p><p>It turns out that asteroid Donaldjohanson — which was named after the anthropologist who discovered the fossils of<br><a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/04/21/lucy-probe-snaps-closeup-of-weirdly-shaped-asteroid/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmiclog.com/2025/04/21/lucy-</span><span class="invisible">probe-snaps-closeup-of-weirdly-shaped-asteroid/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UniverseToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniverseToday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asteroids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LucyProbe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucyProbe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/24562/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/24562/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> The Wild Plan to Terraform Mars by Slamming Asteroids Into It <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asteroids</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>The 1998 KY26 asteroid, the destination of Japan's Hayabusa2 unmanned probe in its ongoing space mission, may be far smaller than researchers had estimated. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/15/japan/hayabusa2-target-small/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/</span><span class="invisible">15/japan/hayabusa2-target-small/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hayabusa2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hayabusa2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jaxa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jaxa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroids</span></a></p>
José - Luis Gutiérrez Villanue<p>🚀 Webb Telescope just detected Asteroid 2024 YR4 — and it’s the size of a building.</p><p>Even tiny space rocks can tell us massive things about how our solar system formed.</p><p>Here’s the full Q&amp;A from NASA scientists:<br>🔗 <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-04-qa-webb-asteroid-yr4-sized.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-04-qa-webb-</span><span class="invisible">asteroid-yr4-sized.html</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebbTelescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebbTelescope</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asteroids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a></p>
Dr. John Barentine FRAS<p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> that 2029 will be the UN 'International Year of Asteroid Awareness and Planetary Defence' <a href="https://www.un.org/en/observances/asteroid-awareness-year" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">un.org/en/observances/asteroid</span><span class="invisible">-awareness-year</span></a></p><p>Seems like a good time to talk about how vast, orbiting swarms of <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellites</span></a> and <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/SpaceDebris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceDebris</span></a> imperil our ability to detect potentially hazardous <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroids</span></a>.</p>
NewsFlash<p>✅ Importance Score: 72 / 100 </p><p>Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2024 YR4: Space Rock's Surprising Origin Story<br>The asteroid 2024 YR4, an object that garnered attention earlie...<br>More » <a href="https://newsflash.one/2025/04/09/we-now-know-the-shape-of-notorious-asteroid-2024-yr4-that-dominated-headlines-recently-its-probably-suburban-too/?feed_id=923835&amp;_unique_id=67f5ff4a5e924" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsflash.one/2025/04/09/we-no</span><span class="invisible">w-know-the-shape-of-notorious-asteroid-2024-yr4-that-dominated-headlines-recently-its-probably-suburban-too/?feed_id=923835&amp;_unique_id=67f5ff4a5e924</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BreakingNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BreakingNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LatestNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LatestNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Featured" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Featured</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>Using artificial intelligence technology, a University of Tokyo team has managed to rapidly identify from photographs the size, location and shape of some 200,000 rocks on two asteroids. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/08/japan/science-health/japan-ai-technology-asteroid-rocks/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/</span><span class="invisible">08/japan/science-health/japan-ai-technology-asteroid-rocks/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencehealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencehealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hayabusa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hayabusa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ryugu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ryugu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/universityoftokyo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universityoftokyo</span></a></p>
Cosmic Log<p>Asteroid will miss Earth — but may set off lunar light show<br>Although astronomers have ruled out a smash-up between Earth and an asteroid known as 2024 YR4 in the year 2032, the building-sized space rock still has a chance of hitting the moon. In fact, the chances&nbsp;—&nbsp;slight as they are&nbsp;—&nbsp;have doubled in the past month.</p><p>Th<br><a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/04/07/asteroid-will-miss-earth-but-may-set-off-lunar-light-show/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmiclog.com/2025/04/07/aster</span><span class="invisible">oid-will-miss-earth-but-may-set-off-lunar-light-show/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UniverseToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniverseToday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AsteroidInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsteroidInstitute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asteroids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/B612Foundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>B612Foundation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a></p>
Sarcasm And Stardust<p>In 1908, something exploded above Siberia with the force of 1,000 Hiroshimas. No crater. No impact. Just scorched trees and questions. The Tunguska Event still haunts scientists and it should. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tunguska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tunguska</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asteroids</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sarcasmandstardust.com/the-tunguska-event-what-happened-in-siberia/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=jetpack_social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sarcasmandstardust.com/the-tun</span><span class="invisible">guska-event-what-happened-in-siberia/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=jetpack_social</span></a></p>
Mikko Tuomi<p>In the next few months, from its perch atop a mountain in Chile, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will begin surveying the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/cosmos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cosmos</span></a> with the largest camera ever built.</p><p>Every three nights, it will produce a map of the entire southern sky filled with <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/stars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stars</span></a>, <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/galaxies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>galaxies</span></a>, <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroids</span></a> and @supernovae — and swarms of bright <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellites</span></a> ruining some of the view.</p><p>Swarms of satellites are harming <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a>.</p><p>Here’s how researchers are fighting back.</p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00792-y" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/d41586-025</span><span class="invisible">-00792-y</span></a></p>
Mel<p>Hat noch wer heute Abend im Raum <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oldenburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oldenburg</span></a> oder sogar in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Norddeutschland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norddeutschland</span></a> dieses Phänomen am <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Himmel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Himmel</span></a> gesehen? Sah aus wie ein <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Komet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Komet</span></a>, bewegte sich west-/nordwestlicher Richtung aber langsam gen Horizont. Ist da irgendwas verglüht, wenn ja, was? Konnte bisher keine Infos dazu finden. </p><p>Gerne boosten. 😊👍🏼</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorthGermany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthGermany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellite</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meteroid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meteroid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meteor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meteor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Satellit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satellit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asteroid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Weltraumschrott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Weltraumschrott</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spaceexploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaceexploration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomie</span></a></p>
The Bright Side<p>🚨 A near-Earth asteroid, 2024 YR4, has a 2% chance of hitting Earth on December 22, 2032.</p><p>It could devastate a city, releasing more energy than 500 Hiroshima bombs! Let's explore what could go right with our planetary defense! <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asteroids</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a></p>
The Bright Side<p>As a quick note, the asteroid risk we mentioned last week has risen to over 3%.</p><p>Interested in planetary defense? Check out Asteroids@home—an open-source project open to all! Let's get involved! <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PlanetaryDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetaryDefense</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asteroids</span></a></p>
Uilliam Mac ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋ<p>Esoteric question:</p><p>Does anyone know how to put Asteroids Deluxe into self-test mode when it's being emulated? It's running on an Evercade table top machine. I think it was a physical on / off switch which you flipped before restarting on the original game cabinets, but I don't know how to make that happen on the Evercade. Asking for a person who asked me, and I'm stumped.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asteroids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/AsteroidsDeluxe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsteroidsDeluxe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Evercade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Evercade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a></p>
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn<p>Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #95: Jupiter, Earth's Bodyguard.<br>.<br>.<br>.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jupiter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jupiter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/funfacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funfacts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/didyouknow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>didyouknow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webcomic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webcomic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trivia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trivia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uselessfacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uselessfacts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uselessfactsbadlydrawn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uselessfactsbadlydrawn</span></a></p>
David August<p>Did you know that NNSA, the agency DOGE randomly fired people from without knowing the agency secures our nuclear weapons, also helps prevent asteroids from killing us all? </p><p>Well, they do, and now you know. </p><p>"NNSA works with partners to detect and mitigate impact threats from potentially hazardous near-Earth objects." </p><p>This is just the declassified stuff they do to keep us all from dying. </p><p><a href="https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/articles/planetary-defense-teamwork" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">energy.gov/nnsa/articles/plane</span><span class="invisible">tary-defense-teamwork</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nnsa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nnsa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PlanetaryDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetaryDefense</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a></p>
Rock Paper Shotgun<p>A huge space rock has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth so let's all play Asteroid Launcher - <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/a-huge-space-rock-has-a-23-chance-of-hitting-earth-so-lets-all-play-asteroid-launcher" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rockpapershotgun.com/a-huge-sp</span><span class="invisible">ace-rock-has-a-23-chance-of-hitting-earth-so-lets-all-play-asteroid-launcher</span></a> <a href="https://die-partei.social/tags/Asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asteroids</span></a></p>
Flipboard Science Desk<p>Based on modeling estimates, scientists believe the asteroid Bennu has a 1-in-2700 chance of colliding with Earth. Seems like a safe bet that we’re going to be OK. But what if the space rock did strike our planet? <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@sciencefocus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sciencefocus</span></a></span> goes there:</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/naV2lL" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/naV2lL</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asteroids</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Bennu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bennu</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earth</span></a></p>
NASA<p>NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Sample Reveals Mix of Life’s Ingredients <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasas-asteroid-bennu-sample-reveals-mix-of-lifes-ingredients/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nasa.gov/news-release/nasas-as</span><span class="invisible">teroid-bennu-sample-reveals-mix-of-lifes-ingredients/</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/OSIRISRExOriginsSpectralInterpretationResourceIdentificationSecurityRegolithExplorer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSIRISRExOriginsSpectralInterpretationResourceIdentificationSecurityRegolithExplorer</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/Asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asteroids</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/Bennu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bennu</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/GoddardSpaceFlightCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoddardSpaceFlightCenter</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/JohnsonSpaceCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnsonSpaceCenter</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/MarshallSpaceFlightCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarshallSpaceFlightCenter</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/ScienceMissionDirectorate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceMissionDirectorate</span></a></p>