Skyatnightmagazine.com September 08, 2026 • 08:14

Just hours before impact – this week a hi-tech telescope spotted an asteroid, then watched it hit Earth - skyatnightmagazine.com

By Iain Todd

Tiny asteroid 2026 RW1 was detected by the Catalina Sky Survey on September 6, 2026, just hours before it entered Earth's atmosphere.

Planetary defence scientists caught an asteroid smashing into Earth off the coast of Australia this week and only had a 6-hour warning that it would impact.
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Just hours before impact – this week a hi-tech telescope spotted an asteroid, then watched it hit Earth - skyatnightmagazine.com

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