Asteroid watch: Phew! Asteroid with huge destructive potential just hurtled past Earth today
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NASA informed that an asteroid which has the potential to cause mass destruction just flew close past Earth today. Did it cause any damage?
Nearly 100 tons of space dust and sand sized particles hit Earth every day, according to NASA. Astonishingly, a vehicle-sized asteroid hits Earth's atmosphere, creates an impressive fireball, and burns up before reaching the surface nearly once every year. However, this year has been unusual. There have been numerous close calls with asteroids as large as an aircraft. Although only once every few million years, a space rock large enough to annihilate the planet comes along. Impact craters on Earth and other planets are signs of such previous encounters.Asteroid 2022 QH8 hurtled pas...