Ybt, We're Looking for Asteroids at Our Hundred, Forty Meters

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In 20 13, there was a meteor that exploded over a city in russia. It's the biggest meteor in more than a century to hit the planet. A thousand people were injured from shards of flying glass and debris. We've seen these in our lifetimes, and they can cause a lot of damage. The ones that don't disintegrate, those could still have really big consequences yet.

Scientists are constantly searching for asteroids that could crash into Earth. But if they find one, will they be able to do anything about it? NASA has launched a spaceship that will slam into an asteroid to find out.

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