"Rapidly Spotted Asteroid Crashes into Earth, Lighting Up German Sky"

The 2024 BX1 asteroid, discovered just hours before impact by astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky, lit up the sky in Germany before crashing near Berlin. This marked the eighth time an asteroid was discovered before hitting Earth. NASA confirmed the incident shortly before impact and has a team monitoring potentially dangerous asteroids. The next potential collision could occur in 2182 with asteroid Bennu. In 2022, NASA successfully tested a scenario to deflect an asteroid heading towards Earth.