Despite humanity’s current struggle against the novel coronavirus, and despite it taking up most of our attention, other threats still exist. The very real threat of a possible asteroid strike on Earth in the future is taking a backseat for now, but it’s still there.
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Source:
https://phys.org/news/2020-03-powerful-ion-nasa-dart-mission.html