Researchers Warn Venus Co-Orbital Asteroids Could Endanger Earth

Meet the woman tasked with protecting Earth from an asteroid strike

NASA officer Dr Kelly Fast is responsible for identifying and tracking asteroids, and figuring out if any of these rocky bodies could be on a collision course with Earth.

Six asteroids 'dangerous to Earth' discovered - but could they really hit us?

Digitally generated image (Credits: Getty Images) Astronomers have discovered six asteroids that are ‘potentially dangerous to Earth’. But is there a reason to panic? Venus, our celestial next-door neighbour, is hiding possibly hundreds of unpredictable and hard-to-see asteroids, according to a new study. These space rocks are ‘co-orbitals’, so orbit the Sun in line with Venus from a safe distance. The researchers wrote in a paper that while the…

Venus’ tectonics may be actively reshaping its surface

Circular landforms speckling the Venusian surface may be the work of tectonic activity.

3 City-Killer Asteroids Could Strike Earth Within Weeks — a Million Times More Powerful Than Hiroshima - News Addicts

Venus is concealing at least three city-killer asteroids that could strike Earth in weeks without warning, potentially wreaking havoc upon our planet before we can react. “Twenty co-orbital asteroids [space rocks in the orbit of two celestial bodies] of Venus are currently known,” the authors warned in the arockcalyptic study, which was published in the […] The post 3 City-Killer Asteroids Could Strike Earth Within Weeks — a Million Times More P…

Venus may be hiding potential 'city-killer' asteroid, researchers say

Venus may be hiding asteroids that could be catastrophic if they were to hit Earth, according to some researchers. A new study published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics has shown that Venus has at least 20 co-orbital asteroids that could potentially approach the Earth. The study was led by Valerio Carruba from the University of São Paulo in Brazil. In it, researchers stated that some asteroids could pose a collisional hazard to Earth. …

Scientists Warn That 3 City-Killing Asteroids Could Strike Earth Within Weeks

At least three city-killing asteroids that could strike Earth are hiding behind our closest neighbor Venus. A new study warns that Venus is concealing many near-Earth asteroids, in particular, 2020 SB, 524522, and 2020 CL1, [...] The post Scientists Warn That 3 City-Killing Asteroids Could Strike Earth Within Weeks appeared first on The People's Voice.