Asteroid risk hitting Earth in 4 weeks

Scientists warn that "space killers" hidden behind Venus could crash into Earth and humans would only detect them a few weeks before impact.

International scientists warn that asteroids co-orbiting Venus could hit Earth with just 2–4 weeks notice. (Photo: Science)

The three asteroids 2020 SB, 524522 and 2020 CL1 have a diameter of up to 400 meters, enough to flatten an entire city if a collision occurs. (Photo: Business Today)

Because they are always obscured by sunlight, these objects are out of the range of most ground-based telescopes. (Photo: Times of India)

Research led by Valerio Carruba (University of São Paolo) shows that the orbits of these asteroids intersect Earth's orbit at dangerous points. (Photo: 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 occurs, the energy released could be millions of times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. (Photo: SciTechDaily)

The Rubin Observatory in Chile may be able to detect some asteroids from the blind spot near Venus, but the warning time will be very short. (Photo: rubinobservatory.org)

Experts call for a dedicated probe near Venus to comprehensively map dangerous objects in space. (Photo: The Conversation)

Dear readers, please watch the video : NASA "shoots" asteroids to protect Earth. Source: VTV24.

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