While not an official term, "city-killing asteroids" refers to asteroids large enough to significantly damage cities if they ...
NASA planetary defense experts warn that up to 15,000 undetected asteroids could devastate a major city on Earth.
"We would not have any way to go and actively deflect one right now," warns the scientist who led NASA's DART mission.
Imagine a rock the size of a football stadium hurtling through space at thousands of miles per hour, heading straight for a major city, and we have no way to stop it. NASA has just issued a sobering ...
NASA planetary defense experts report that mid-size near-Earth asteroids could cause regional damage, with detection and deflection remaining limited, according to New York Post and AAAS reports.
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