Science

NASA is about to launch a spacecraft to test technology that could divert a potentially dangerous asteroid to Earth.

Asteroid mitigation has been a topic of conversation among scientists and policy-makers for many years now. The potential consequences of a large asteroid hitting Earth have driven the search for ways to deflect or remove them from our orbit. On September 15, 2019, NASA’s new NEOWISE mission will launch a spacecraft called Wide-field Infrared Survey […]