Planetary Defense 101: Tracking Dangerous Asteroids | ESO
Remember asteroid 2024 YR4? Earlier this year, its odds of impacting Earth in 2032 rose to around 3%, the highest impact probability ever reached for a sizable asteroid. How did we end up ruling out such an impact? And what can we do if we ever find another dangerous asteroid? In this episode of Chasing Starlight we give you a crash course on planetary defense.
Learn about NASA's planetary defense efforts:
https://www.nasa.gov/planetarydefense
https://www.nasa.gov/planetarydefense
Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)
Directed by: L. Calçada, M. Kornmesser
Hosted by: S. Randall
Written by: S. Bromilow, A. I. López
Editing: M. Kornmesser, L. Calçada
Videography: A. Tsaousis
Animations & footage: ESO, ESA, NASA, M. Kornmesser, L. Calçada, O. Hainaut et al., NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, BBC, P. Horálek, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA/University of Arizona/CSA/York University/Open University/MDA
Scientific consultant: O. Hainaut
Filming Locations: ESO Supernova
Directed by: L. Calçada, M. Kornmesser
Hosted by: S. Randall
Written by: S. Bromilow, A. I. López
Editing: M. Kornmesser, L. Calçada
Videography: A. Tsaousis
Animations & footage: ESO, ESA, NASA, M. Kornmesser, L. Calçada, O. Hainaut et al., NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, BBC, P. Horálek, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA/University of Arizona/CSA/York University/Open University/MDA
Scientific consultant: O. Hainaut
Filming Locations: ESO Supernova
Duration: 7 minutes
Release Date: June 30, 2025
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