Two asteroids are travelling towards Earth at a rapid speed today, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The first asteroid is 58-foot and the other is between 6.8 meter and 15 meter in diameter. The research organisation uses its telescopes and observatories like NEOWISE to track and study asteroids. It also uses a variety of ground based telescopes like Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) located in the Antofagasta Region of Atacama Desert in Chile for the same.
NASA has issued an alert against Asteroid 2023 HX1 which is expected to make its closest approach to Earth today. The asteroid is 36 feet across, which is comparable to the size of a bus, and is travelling at a speed of 38126 kilometers per hour. The asteroid belongs to the Apollo group of Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs). The Chelyabinsk Incident in 2013 showed the need for better study and tracking of asteroids and other celestial objects.