Why should we keep an eye out for asteroids?
March 1, 2019
Isn’t it too dangerous to visit the Asteroid belt?
March 1, 2019
Show all

When will the next big asteroid strike Earth?

Nobody knows, but don’t lose any sleep over the thought of a space rock landing in your living room. Several monitoring projects – such as Spacewatch and the Minor Planet Center – use powerful telescopes to scan the skies and track the courses of any “near-Earth objects,” including asteroids that might drift too close to home. NASA has identified 90 percent of all the near-Earth objects large enough to cause catastrophic damage if they stuck our planet. So far, we’re in the clear.

 

Picture Credit : Google

 

Comments are closed.