News Forum - Coming soon – giant asteroid ‘hiding in the sun’ dazzles astronomers

[Thaiger]

Starry-eyed optimists – or astronomers as they are sometimes known – have found a giant asteroid, lurking near the sun. They hadn’t noticed it before, because the sun was in their eyes. It’s the biggest potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA), known to sensationalists as “planet killers”, found in eight years and has been discovered lurking in the sun’s glare. Finidng these uncharted space rocks relies on detecting the sunlight glinting off their surfaces. But in some parts of the sky the sun’s glare smothers the glare, like fairy lights before a nuclear holocaust. The rock is in the top 5% of […]

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[Dedinbed]

3 hours ago, Thaiger said:

They hadn’t noticed it before, because the sun was in their eyes.

that is a problem sometimes when trying to look at the sun .. 

[Bluesofa]

22 minutes ago, Dedinbed said:

that is a problem sometimes when trying to look at the sun .. 

The sun does have its knockers.

[Soidog]

3 hours ago, Bluesofa said:

The sun does have its knockers.

Only the Brits will understand that one