Bryan Thompson

Bryan Thompson is a reporter for Kansas Public Radio.

NPR Story
5:43 am
Thu June 14, 2012

Tracking Dangerous Asteroids From A Backyard In Kan.

Originally published on Thu June 14, 2012 8:55 pm

Meteors enter Earth's atmosphere every day, with most burning up before they reach the ground. But asteroids, which are larger than meteors, have the potential to cause some damage, and there's a man in Kansas who's tracking these chunks of space rock — in his own backyard, using a telescope he made himself.

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