The European Space Agency said the event marked only the sixth time in history the impact of a space object with Earth was successfully predicted.
said the event marked only the sixth time in history the impact of a space object with Earth was successfully predicted.
The agency said while most asteroid collisions with Earth are only discovered after the fact from evidence like craters, the number of occasions in which a space rock is detected before it strikes isIn fact, all six detections have taken place since 2008, according to ESA, which said continued improvement in sky scanning telescopes will likely make detection of smaller objects — which frequently strike Earth — more common.
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