Radar could help scientists find potentially threatening asteroids. Here's how 

 Ground-based radar systems could play a major role in planetary defense, spotting asteroids on a cataclysmic collision course with Earth by bouncing radio waves off them to get position and velocity measurements. 

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https://www.space.com/radar-asteroid-detection-planetary-defense-dart-nasa