Astronomers analyzing archival photos from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have found an unusually large population of the smallest asteroids yet observed in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
According to Live Science, the discovery should improve surveillance of the small but potent space pebbles that could come closer to Earth.
The size of recently discovered asteroids ranges from a bus to many stadiums. It suggests that even if they are small in comparison to the enormous space rock that killed the majority of dinosaurs, they are still very powerful.
Ten years ago, an asteroid that was only tens of meters in size surprised everyone by exploding over Chelyabinsk, Russia. Thirty times more were released.
