'Football Field-Sized' Asteroid Hurtling Towards Earth at Nine Kilometres Per Second
https://sputniknews.com/science/202104051082547995-football-field-sized-asteroid-hurtling-towards-earth-at-nine-kilometres-per-second/ NASA’s Centre for Near Earth Object Studies closely monitors what's going on above our heads to gauge if there's anything we should be worried about in space, including big rocks coming right at us. Yet another speedy rock is expected to skirt past our planet this May, but aside from all other potentially hazardous asteroids that fly by Earth on a daily basis, this object is particularly noticeable for its size. NASA estimates that "2021 AF8" – the name ...