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The urgent search for near-Earth asteroids.

Lunar Asteroid
Addy Graham
Illustration of Kamo'oalewa asteroid accompanying Earth and the Moon in solar orbit.

An astronomer in Europe discovered an asteroid last weekend only hours before it burned up in the atmosphere near Berlin. University of Arizona planetary scientist Carson Fuls describes hunting for asteroids in southern Arizona and how a citizen science project can aid in the search.

The urgent search for near-Earth asteroids.

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