Can we spot every incoming asteroid before they hit Earth?

The shock discovery of asteroid 2024 RW1, mere hours before it hit Earth harmlessly this week, could have you ever questioning whether or not we are liable to bigger area rocks popping out of nowhere and wreaking devastation. Thankfully, our capability to trace asteroids is on the rise, even when we can’t catch all of them.

“We believe we know more than 90 per cent of the asteroids that are about one kilometre in size, where one kilometre is considered, not a planet killer, but something that would destroy a whole region or a whole continent,” says Ian Carnelli at…