Meteors that could destroy an entire U.S. state or European country are a real threat to the earth, NASA's chief warned on Monday.
Meteors that could destroy an entire U.S. state are a real threat to the earth, NASA’s chief warned on Monday.
The head of the space agency said he wanted more international partners to improve its detection of potentially damaging meteors.Meteors that could destroy an entire U.S. state are a real threat to the earth, NASA's chief warned on Monday. "This is not about Hollywood, this is not about movies, this is about ultimately protecting the only planet we know right now to host life," he said.in 2013, which had "30 times the energy of the atomic bomb at Hiroshima" and injured around 1,500 people. Just 16 hours after the crash, NASA detected an even larger object that approached the earth but did not land on it, he revealed.
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