Anagh Pal11 Apr 2023, 16:18
It is not just natural calamities and deadly viruses that may end the human race, giant asteroids hitting the earth at very high speeds may also wreak havoc. Around 65 million years back, a massive asteroid struck the earth, leading to the extinction of dinosaurs. On April 11, a 250-foot wide asteroid called 2023 GG is expected to zoom dangerously close to the home planet at a speed of over 38,000 km/hr. To put things in perspective, the asteroid is just 10 feet shorter than the Qutub Minar in width, traveling at 30 times the speed of sound!