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Hidden Asteroids Near Venus Pose Major Earth Threat
10/3/2025
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- Hidden co-orbital asteroids near Venus could threaten Earth, potentially causing city-level destruction.
- Study by Valerio Carruba of São Paulo State University links detection difficulty to Sun proximity.
- Current telescopes identify about 20 bodies. Models suggest many remain undetected.
- An asteroid roughly 300 meters wide could release hundreds of megatons; NASA's Near-Earth Object Surveyor (NEO Surveyor) could improve tracking.
