EARTH has loads of telescopes looking out into space for deadly asteroids but some may have found a way to sneak up on us. Astronomers say the potentially hazardous rocky objects are hiding within the Sun‘s glare. GettyFiled of asteroids with space background and glowing orange shiny star.[/caption] Most of our current tech is looking outward beyond the solar system, even the new James Webb telescope. That’s because it’s just too bright to see anything, but it’s created a bit of a blind spot. Recent twilight telescope surveys have confronted the issue to get an idea of what we might be missing. The research reveals previously undiscovered near-Earth objects, including asteroids. Read more about space STARRY EYED Dying star’s final throws revealed in incredible video from Nasa’s JWST ROCKET MAN Elon Musk’s SpaceX breaks a major record for rocket launches While the chance of an asteroid hitting Earth is slim, it’s not impossible and leaving them undetected can have deadly results. “Asteroid surveys generally operate at night, mostly finding objects beyond Earth’s orbit,” Professor Scott Shepard warned in the Science journal. “This creates a blind spot because many near-Earth objects (NEOs) could be lurking in the sunlight interior to Earth’s…
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Asteroids hidden by the Sun’s glare could be headed for Earth, astronomers warn