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The danger to life on Earth comes from Venus: It "hides" killer asteroids

2025-06-06 15:21:37Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The danger to life on Earth comes from Venus: It "hides" killer asteroids

An unusual danger could come from space in the near future. According to a study led by Valerio Carruba, a professor at the State University of São Paulo in Brazil in collaboration with the University of Palermo in Italy, a group of asteroids orbiting Venus pose a potential threat to Earth.

Currently, about 20 such asteroids have been identified, but according to scientists, this number could be much higher. What worries researchers is not only their presence, but two dangerous factors that accompany them: the strong illumination of the Sun that hides them from observation, and their unstable orbits, sensitive to gravitational changes, which makes it difficult to predict their trajectory in the long term.

The danger to life on Earth comes from Venus: It "hides" killer

To analyze the risk, researchers conducted a simulation by cloning 26 asteroids with different characteristics and letting them virtually orbit for over 30,000 years.

The results indicate a real possibility of a collision with Earth in the future. However, due to the unpredictable nature of these orbits, there is also hope that they will move out of Earth's range.

Carruba emphasizes the need for a space mission near Venus to better identify these hidden objects. The danger no longer comes only from distant celestial bodies, but also from small and nearby ones.

Although the asteroids are about 150 meters in diameter, a collision would have catastrophic consequences, with explosive power thousands of times greater than the atomic bombs of World War II.

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