Author: Carrie Nugent

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An asteroid impact is a preventable natural disaster. It's in part preventable because we have the technology, and it's in part preventable because it's predictable.

An asteroid impact is a preventable natural disaster. It's in part preventable because we have the technology, and it's in part preventable because it's predictable.

- Carrie Nugent

The basic method to find asteroids hasn't changed much in hundreds of years. So asteroids in a telescope look just like stars with one exception: They move with time.

The basic method to find asteroids hasn't changed much in hundreds of years. So asteroids in a telescope look just like stars with one exception: They move with time.

- Carrie Nugent

Most astronomical work has to do with things that are very, very far away and don't affect our lives very much.

Most astronomical work has to do with things that are very, very far away and don't affect our lives very much.

- Carrie Nugent

I think every time we send a spacecraft to an asteroid or comet, we learn more.

I think every time we send a spacecraft to an asteroid or comet, we learn more.

- Carrie Nugent

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