The Asteroid Hunter

The Asteroid Hunter
By Mark Thompson (https://ift.tt/c2NHpto)

Somewhere out there, hurtling through space in the darkness, is an asteroid with our name on it. We just don't know which one yet. NASA's answer to that uncomfortable truth is NEO Surveyor, a purpose built infrared space telescope currently taking shape in laboratories across America, and scheduled for launch in 2027. The stakes, quite literally, could not be higher.

May 8, 2026 at 04:36AM
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