How to Kill an Asteroid: The Real Science of Planetary Defense
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One of Smithsonian Magazine's Ten Best Science Books of 2024 A Science News Favorite Book of 2024 A gripping account of the "city-killer" asteroids that could threaten Earth and the race to build a planetary defense system.
There are approximately 25,000 “city killer” asteroids in near-Earth orbit—and most are yet to be found. Small enough to evade detection, they are capable of large-scale destruction, and represent our greatest cosmic threat. But in September 2022, against all odds, NASA’s...


