An asteroid the size of a Boeing 747 airplane is set to cross the Earth’s orbit at around 10.42 p.m. Indian Standard Time on Wednesday, according to NASA which expects that the space rock will not cause any harm to our home planet. Asteroid 2020 RK2 will be hurtling through space at a speed of 6.68 kilometres per second, which …
Science-fiction action movies’ favourite plot is coming to reality as an asteroid the size of a Boeing jet plane is moving towards Earth’s orbit sometime next week. The space rock is set on a trajectory that will collide with the Earth’s outer orbit on October 7. The space rock has been classed an “Apollo asteroid.” This family of asteroids can …