Achi news desk-
After a series of smaller asteroids, less than 50 feet, sailed safely past the Earth over the past few weeks, the US space agency NASA reveals that some giant space rocks are now guiding the Earth. Among them is a ridiculously giant 370-foot asteroid that is on track to reach Earth on April 7.
It is called Asteroid 2024 FH2 and will be as close as 3.8 million miles from Earth. At 370 feet, it is as big as a building. However, before you worry about its orbit, know that NASA has stated that it poses no threat to Earth and will sail past our planet and back into the solar system.
NASA continues to release the latest information to the public about these space rocks that appear from time to time. The intention is to spread more information about space and what possible dangers it could contain. Notably, asteroids have changed the history of the world irreparably according to a common theory which suggests that a huge asteroid hit the Earth about 65 million years ago and caused the extinction of dinosaurs. The dinosaurs were the dominant species at that time and their disappearance ensured that the smaller ones, especially mammals, had a much better chance of survival. And now, the Earth is ruled by mammals – humans.
To ensure that such an event does not happen again, NASA not only tracks these asteroids on a daily basis, but has also conducted tests to prevent any such killer asteroid that may appear over the horizon in the future.
This was called DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test), when NASA crashed its spacecraft into an asteroid (which was harmless and not coming close to Earth) to see if it could deflect it from its orbit. The test was a resounding success as the asteroid was pushed out of orbit, changing its flight path forever.
