Asteroid fears: 'Risky plan’ to land drones on Earth-bound rock 'to save planet' revealed

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THE ESA has a “risky plan” to save Earth from an asteroid that currently poses a threat, and it involves landing drones on the space rock.

The asteroid 65803 Didymos gets its name from the Greek word for twin. The 775-metre space rock is orbited by a smaller 160-metre-wide moon and is classified as a potential hazard by

 

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