A massive 1,312-foot asteroid is forecast to sail past the Earth in a relatively close encounter on April 26.
The asteroid, named 2006 HV5, will pass our planet at speeds of around 38,922 mph, according to close-approach data from NASA 's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). That is some 22 times the speed of a bullet.
350-foot Asteroid 2023 GM dashing towards Earth!
In fact, Asteroid 2023 GM is already dashing towards Earth, at a fiery speed of 72312 kilometers per hour!
NASA not only uses its space telescopes and observatories like the NEOWISE to observe and study distant asteroids, but also a variety of ground-based telescopes such as the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) located in the Antofagasta Region of the Atacama Desert in Chile.
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With the success of NASA's DART mission, we've become a lot more confident in our ability to deal with wayward space rocks that could spell the same fate for us as the dinosaurs.
The findings came to light when James Garvin, chief scientist of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, presented his work last week at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.
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