NASA Discovers 72 New Asteroids That Could Potentially Hit Earth

Luckily, NASA is currently working means to redirect incoming asteroids if they’re set to enter Earth’s atmosphere.

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Yes they could hit us, but NASA says they aren’t likely to anytime soon.

Using a spacecraft known as NEOWISE aka New-Earth Object Wide-field Survey Explorer, NASA hunts down near-Earth objects (NEOs) yearly and submits reports based on their findings.

On average, these objects are many hundreds of meters across.

— Amy Mainzer, NEOWISE