Soh Kam Yung<p>"If one day an asteroid like Dimorphos is discovered to be headed toward Earth, an interceptor craft like DART could collide with the asteroid years in advance to avert disaster. Here’s how that might work."</p><p><a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/planetary-defense-killer-asteroids" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spectrum.ieee.org/planetary-de</span><span class="invisible">fense-killer-asteroids</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Asteroids</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Dart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dart</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/PlanetaryDefence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetaryDefence</span></a></p>