There is a risk of an asteroid colliding with Earth within 4 weeks.
Scientists warn that "space killers" lurking behind Venus could crash into Earth, with humans only detecting them weeks before impact.
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International scientists are warning about asteroids orbiting Venus that could collide with Earth within 2–4 weeks of warning. (Image: Science) The three asteroids 2020 SB, 524522, and 2020 CL1 have diameters of up to 400 meters, enough to flatten an entire city if a collision were to occur. (Image: Business Today)
Because they are constantly obscured by sunlight, these objects are beyond the observation range of most ground-based telescopes. (Image: Times of India) Research led by Valerio Carruba (University of São Paulo) shows that the orbits of these asteroids intersect Earth's orbit at dangerous points. (Image: Mashable India)
The minimum orbital intersection distance (MOID) of all three is less than 0.0005 AU, even closer than the distance from Earth to the Moon. (Image: Live Science) If a collision were to occur, the energy released could be millions of times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. (Image: SciTechDaily) The Rubin Observatory in Chile may be able to detect some asteroids from its blind spot near Venus, but the warning window will be very short. (Image: rubinobservatory.org)
Experts are calling for a dedicated probe near Venus to create a comprehensive map of potentially dangerous objects in space. (Image: The Conversation) Readers are invited to watch the video : NASA "shoots down" asteroid to protect Earth. Source: VTV24.
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