A lost asteroid could hit Earth next year, but the chances are small
A “lost asteroid” that hasn’t been seen since it was first discovered in 2007 has some scientists worried about the potential of an Earth-bound collision next year, reports indicate. The asteroid, which is known as 2007 FT3, was discovered by astronomers in 2007. However, the asteroid vanished within a day or so of the discovery.Since it vanished, NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) has tried to determine where the asteroid will travel, working to monitor it and the 32,000 other near-Earth…