Celebrate the Promise of Planetary Defense This Asteroid Day

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This Asteroid Day, here's what's new in the field of planetary defense. The quest to protect Earth from threatening asteroids is about to get a boost, as "an absolute flood of new observations" comes from a new telescope designed to scan the sky, says Ed Lu, co-founder of the B612 Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted to planetary defense.

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