planetary defense

Twilight observations with the U.S. Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a program of NSF’s NOIRLab, have enabled astronomers to spot three near-Earth asteroids, or NEAs, hiding in the glare of the sun. These NEAs are part of an elusive population that lurks inside the orbits of Earth and Venus. One of the asteroids is the largest object that is potentially hazardous to Earth to be discovered in the last eight years. Image: DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Spaceengine
Asteroid defense update: Three large near-Earth objects lurking in the inner Solar System
Twilight observations with the U.S. Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera at Cerro Tololo Inter-American
Info graphic which shows what effects the collision of DART could have on the orbit of Didymos B. Credit: NASA / Johns Hopkins APL
The world’s first full-scale planetary defense test against potential asteroid impacts on Earth
Info graphic which shows what effects the collision of DART could have on the orbit
Credit: Sophia Dagnello, NRAO/AUI/NSF
Ground-based planetary radar is the future of Earth’s defense
Credit: Sophia Dagnello, NRAO/AUI/NSF Ground-based planetary radar is the future of Earth’s defense Powerful radar
NASA’s first planetary defense mission test launches today
via Weizmann Institute of Science NASA’s first planetary defense mission test launches today NASA’s latest