Three Asteroids Were Spotted Hiding In The Sun’s Glare, Including A Well-Named ‘Planet Killer’

In news that will really have you feeling like you’re in a T-rex era, three big ol’ near-Earth asteroids have been spotted after they were hidden by the sun’s glare. Maybe it’s because Halloween just wrapped up, but this is feeling like some real Stephen King areas. Basically, the asteroids went undetected because of that bright fucker the sun — but a team of international astronomers were able to observe them at twilight using a Dark Energy Camera at the Victor M. Blanco telescope in Chile. Dark energy camera is how I feel when I’m in a bad mood on a night out, I won’t lie. But there’s one asteroid in particular that’s of note: according to astronomer Scott S. Sheppard