Hidden ‘Planet-Killer’ Asteroid Found in Sun’s Glare Exposes Dangerous Blind Spot
Astronomers have discovered asteroid 2025 SC79, a 700-meter-wide object orbiting the sun every 128 days—second-fastest known—inside Venus’s orbit. The asteroid, hidden by the sun’s glare until twilight observations, poses no immediate threat to Earth, according to orbital data. Scientists warn similar objects are hard to detect. NASA plans to launch the NEO Surveyor telescope by 2027 to improve detection.