How Earth fights killer asteroids: Inside the man-made planetary defense system
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A devastating 2013 asteroid explosion over Russia injured 1,500 people and damaged thousands of buildings, highlighting Earth's vulnerability to space rocks that could cause regional or global destruction. Scientists have built a global detection network using telescopes and radar to track over 30,000 near-Earth objects, while NASA's successful DART mission proved spacecraft can deflect asteroids by ramming into them.
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