Did you know that NNSA, the agency DOGE randomly fired people from without knowing the agency secures our nuclear weapons, also helps prevent asteroids from killing us all?

Well, they do, and now you know.

"NNSA works with partners to detect and mitigate impact threats from potentially hazardous near-Earth objects."

This is just the declassified stuff they do to keep us all from dying.

https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/articles/planetary-defense-teamwork

Study Finds Earth’s Small Asteroid Visitor Likely Chunk of Moon Rock https://www.nasa.gov/science-research/planetary-science/study-finds-earths-small-asteroid-visitor-likely-chunk-of-moon-rock/ #NASA #Asteroids #EarthSMoon #JetPropulsionLaboratory #PlanetaryDefense #PlanetaryDefenseCoordinationOffice #PlanetaryScience

NASA’s Planetary Defenders Head to the Sundance Film Festival https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasas-planetary-defenders-head-to-the-sundance-film-festival/ #NASA #Asteroids #PlanetaryDefense #PlanetaryDefenseCoordinationOffice #PlanetaryScience #PlanetaryScienceDivision #ScienceMissionDirectorate #SocialMedia

Coming Spring 2025: Planetary Defenders Documentary https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/planetary-science/planetary-defense/planetary-defenders/ #NASA #PlanetaryDefense #PlanetaryDefenseCoordinationOffice #ScienceMissionDirectorate

Next SETI Live: How to Kill an Asteroid
TODAY, 31 October, 10 am PDT

In his new book, "How to Kill an Asteroid," Dr. Robin George Andrews tells the story of #planetarydefense and how we got to this point in saving ourselves. Join communications specialist Beth Johnson for a fun (and slightly scary) conversation with Dr. Andrews about #killerasteroids this #Halloween on #SETILive.

WATCH LIVE: https://youtube.com/live/Sn9e8G2FaHQ

Work Is Under Way on NASA’s Next-Generation Asteroid Hunter https://www.nasa.gov/missions/neo-surveyor/work-is-under-way-on-nasas-next-generation-asteroid-hunter/ #NASA #NEOSurveyorNearEarthObjectSurveyorSpaceTelescope #Comets #JetPropulsionLaboratory #NearEarthAsteroidNEA #PlanetaryDefense #PlanetaryDefenseCoordinationOffice

NASA’s DART Mission Sheds New Light on Target Binary Asteroid System https://science.nasa.gov/missions/dart/nasas-dart-mission-sheds-new-light-on-target-binary-asteroid-system/ #NASA #Asteroids #DARTDoubleAsteroidRedirectionTest #Missions #PlanetaryDefense #PlanetaryDefenseCoordinationOffice #PlanetaryScience #PlanetaryScienceDivision #ScienceMissionDirectorate #TheSolarSystem

NASA’s Planetary Radar Tracks Two Large Asteroid Close Approaches https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/asteroids/near-earth-asteroid/nasas-planetary-radar-tracks-two-large-asteroid-close-approaches/ #NASA #NearEarthAsteroidNEA #Asteroids #DeepSpaceNetwork #JetPropulsionLaboratory #PlanetaryDefense #PlanetaryDefenseCoordinationOffice #PotentiallyHazardousAsteroidPHA #SpaceCommunicationsNavigationProgram

NASA Asteroid Experts Create Hypothetical Impact Scenario for Exercise https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/asteroids/nasa-asteroid-experts-create-hypothetical-impact-scenario-for-exercise/ #NASA #Asteroids #NEAScoutNearEarthAsteroidScout #NEOSurveyorNearEarthObjectSurveyorSpaceTelescope #PlanetaryDefense #PlanetaryDefenseCoordinationOffice #PotentiallyHazardousAsteroidPHA

NASA’s NEOWISE Infrared Heritage Will Live On https://www.nasa.gov/missions/neowise/nasas-neowise-infrared-heritage-will-live-on/ #NASA #NEOWISE #Comets #JetPropulsionLaboratory #NearEarthAsteroidNEA #NEOSurveyorNearEarthObjectSurveyorSpaceTelescope #PlanetaryDefense #PlanetaryDefenseCoordinationOffice #WISEWideFieldInfraredSurveyExplorer

NASA to Discuss Outcome of 5th Biennial Asteroid Threat Exercise https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-to-discuss-outcome-of-5th-biennial-asteroid-threat-exercise/ #NASA #PlanetaryDefenseCoordinationOffice #PlanetaryDefense #PlanetaryScienceDivision #ScienceResearch #ScienceMissionDirectorate

"'It’s difficult to say exactly how many asteroids will be lost… but preliminary results suggest that for every five near-Earth asteroids we discover, we lose one solely due to constellation interference. That’s if no mitigation measures are taken.'"

https://english.elpais.com/technology/2024-05-18/spacex-satellites-threaten-to-hide-asteroids-that-pose-danger-to-humanity.html

NASA’s NEOWISE Extends Legacy With Decade of Near-Earth Object Data https://www.nasa.gov/missions/neowise/nasas-neowise-extends-legacy-with-decade-of-near-earth-object-data/ #NASA #NEOWISE #Comets #JetPropulsionLaboratory #NearEarthAsteroidNEA #NEOSurveyorNearEarthObjectSurveyorSpaceTelescope #PlanetaryDefense #PlanetaryDefenseCoordinationOffice

NASA Study: Asteroid’s Orbit, Shape Changed After DART Impact https://www.nasa.gov/missions/dart/nasa-study-asteroids-orbit-shape-changed-after-dart-impact/ #NASA #DARTDoubleAsteroidRedirectionTest #Asteroids #JetPropulsionLaboratory #Modeling #NearEarthAsteroidNEA #PlanetaryDefense #PlanetaryDefenseCoordinationOffice

NASA’s Planetary Radar Images Slowly Spinning Asteroid https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/asteroids/nasas-planetary-radar-images-slowly-spinning-asteroid/ #NASA #Asteroids #DeepSpaceNetwork #JetPropulsionLaboratory #NearEarthAsteroidNEA #PlanetaryDefense #PlanetaryDefenseCoordinationOffice #PotentiallyHazardousAsteroidPHA #SpaceCommunicationsNavigationProgram

NASA Celebrates First Decade of International Asteroid Warning Network https://science.nasa.gov/directorates/smd/nasa-celebrates-first-decade-of-international-asteroid-warning-network/ #NASA #Asteroids #PlanetaryDefense #PlanetaryDefenseCoordinationOffice #PlanetaryScience #PlanetaryScienceDivision #ScienceMissionDirectorate

Save the Date: Apophis 2029 Innovation (A29I) Listening Workshop https://www.nasa.gov/organizations/otps/save-the-date-apophis-2029-innovation-listening-workshop/ #NASA #OfficeOfTechnologyPolicyAndStrategyOTPS #Apophis #PlanetaryDefense #PlanetaryDefenseCoordinationOffice

NASA’s NEOWISE Celebrates 10 Years, Plans End of Mission https://www.nasa.gov/missions/neowise/nasas-neowise-celebrates-10-years-plans-end-of-mission/ #NASA #NEOWISE #Comets #JetPropulsionLaboratory #NearEarthAsteroidNEA #NEOSurveyorNearEarthObjectSurveyorSpaceTelescope #PlanetaryDefense #PlanetaryDefenseCoordinationOffice #WISEWideFieldInfraredSurveyExplorer

DART Team Earns Smithsonian Michael Collins Trophy for Successful Planetary Defense Test Mission https://www.nasa.gov/missions/dart/dart-team-earns-smithsonian-michael-collins-trophy-for-successful-planetary-defense-test-mission/ #NASA #DARTDoubleAsteroidRedirectionTest #Asteroids #PlanetaryDefense #PlanetaryDefenseCoordinationOffice #PlanetaryScienceDivision

Data From NASA’s WISE Used to Preview Lucy Mission’s Asteroid Dinkinesh https://www.nasa.gov/missions/lucy/data-from-nasas-wise-used-to-preview-lucy-missions-asteroid-dinkinesh/ #NASA #Lucy #Asteroids #JetPropulsionLaboratory #NearEarthAsteroidNEA #NEOSurveyorNearEarthObjectSurveyorSpaceTelescope #NEOWISE #PlanetaryDefense #TrojanAsteroids #WISEWideFieldInfraredSurveyExplorer