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https://www.lbscience.org/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/06/DART-en_meme.jpeg24001350A few months ago, we wrote here about near-Earth asteroids [1]. Although the current probability of a large asteroid actually striking Earth is low, we know that such an event is possible (after all, an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs). For that reason, space agencies track many asteroids and draw up contingency plans for dealing […]