This asteroid, which measures between 65 to 147 feet in diameter, will zoom past our planet at a distance of 18 lakh kilometres. Moving at a brisk pace of 22,400 kilometres per hour, its closest ...
Asteroids represent a serious hazard to Earth, past, present, and future, but will be even more of a concern to humanity as we venture out to space beyond beyond our atmosphere's protection.
This was called the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) and it was a success, but practically, it isn't the same as having a ready-made planetary defense array that can actively keep the Earth ...