10 Asteroids We Really Should Be Worried About!

From the deadly asteroid due to impact Earth in 2022 to the politics thwarting our defense against it, here is everything you need to know about the asteroids we need to be worrying about!

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10: Near Miss of 2020
Asteroid is flying by Earth this week — here's how to watch (radio.com)
Asteroids are definitely a big deal and something that everyone should at least be aware of. But unfortunately, not everyone knows about the asteroid problem.

9: The Impact of 2022
Unbeknownst to most of the world, there is an asteroid on its way towards planet earth and it could impact on May 6, 2022. The asteroid's name is 2009 FJ1, and according to NASA it has a 1 in 3984 chance of smashing into our world.

8: The Richest Asteroid
Not all asteroids are dangerous. In fact, asteroids can be worth quite a bit of money. For example, The Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a photograph of an asteroid estimated to be worth 70,000 times more than the global economy.

7: Asteroid 2018VP
If you look into it, it seems as though there is no end to the possibility of destruction by asteroid. Another asteroid that almost made a collision course with earth is known as asteroid 2018VP.

6: Politics and Asteroids
If one day a planet-destroying asteroid were to be found speeding towards us, it might not be the asteroid that kills us, but rather the politics that will have hampered our response.

5: The Asteroid of 2068
And now it's time to learn about the very real threat of an undefended earth against an asteroid the size of a skyscraper. According to NASA themselves, there is a megalithic asteroid heading straight for earth that could make impact in the year 2068.

4: The DART Spacecraft
The term planetary defense may seem like something out of a science fiction movie, but the fact remains that planetary defense is here and it's necessary if we’re going to avoid destruction by an asteroid.

3: The Death of the Arecibo Observatory
For humans to continue detecting the asteroids that we should worry about, we need observatories. In 2020, the fight against catastrophic asteroids took a big hit when the Arecibo Observatory collapsed under itself in a dramatic and unintended act of self-destruction.

2: The Asteroid that Killed the Dinosaurs
Speaking of hitting the earth, there is no better example of the destructive power of asteroids than the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs.

1: The Planet Killer
Scientists call it the planet killer. It's a theoretical asteroid that every citizen of earth should be worried about. The planet killer is an asteroid so large that all life on earth would be annihilated almost immediately.

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