Description:
Finalist for the 2025 NASW Science in Society Journalism Award
One of Smithsonian Magazine's Ten Best Science Books of 2024
A Science News Favorite Book of 2024
A gripping account of the "city-killer" asteroids that could threaten Earth and the race to build a planetary defense system.
Brief description: Robin George Andrews is an award-winning science journalist who regularly writes about the Earth, space, and planetary sciences for outlets including the New York Times, the Atlantic, National Geographic, Scientific American, Washington Post, Nature, Atlas Obscura, Quanta Magazine, among others. He lives in London, England.
Review Quotes: Deeply researched and tenaciously reported, How to Kill an Asteroid is a detailed inside look at some of the most important recent undertakings in the history of space science...Robin George Andrews is a spirited, erudite, and humorous guide.--Ferris Jabr, author of Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life