India, March 6 -- We all know that a large asteroid is heading towards Earth, but that asteroid has the speed of a building (16 stories essentially) hurtling down the road at 62,650 km/h. This 160-foot wide space rock is also the Apollo group of asteroids and is due to pass close to our planet on March 6 at 6:59 AM IST. It is known as 2025 DU2.

The Apollo asteroids are a group of near-Earth objects (NEOs) with orbits that cross Earth's path. Many space rocks cross near our planet, but most pass without incident, and some are capable of being dangerous in the future. As such, space agencies such as NASA constantly monitor their movements to estimate any potential risks.

While it will miss us by about 542,000 km-roughly 1.4 times the dist...