Water on Earth originated during the formation of the proto solar disk, as the solar system is forming, and not from asteroids. (Photo : NASA)
NASA officials confirm that there is no need to be alarmed of a supposed devastating asteroid that will hit the Earth next month.
The U.S. space agency released a statement due to the circulating rumors online for the past few months that a massive asteroid will strike onto the planet between September 15 and September 28 that can destroy life as we know it. This supposed asteroid is set to strike near Puerto Rico and the coastal regions of the United States, the Caribbean, Central America and north of South America.
According to the manager of NASA's Near-Earth Object office, Paul Chodas from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, there is absolutely no scientific basis or even any shred of evidence that any asteroid or cosmic object will make a devastating impact on Earth during those dates. He adds that if there were anything that big enough that can allow that kind of mass destruction on the planet on September then we could have detected it by now.
NASA officials reveal that astronomers who are based at the agency's Near-Earth Object office along with other institutions in the world, use advanced telescope technology to monitor and hunt for potentially dangerous asteroids and comets. Apparently, there aren't any observations that can prove of a serious threat to Earth in the near future, they add.
Chodas confirms that there is no existing evidence that any asteroid or cosmic object is on a trajectory that will directly impact the planet and he stresses that there is no single known object that has any legitimate chance to hit Earth over the next 100 years.
Chodas including other experts on the field are vigilantly on the lookout for rumors or any false news online where they continuously debunk these myths. Such as this year, when fears became rampant due to near Earth asteroids 2004 BL86 and 2014 YB35 that have harmlessly zipped past Earth last January and March respectively, as predicted by NASA scientists.
In reality, the planet is bombarded by celestial objects daily such as dust and remnants of space rock however, these objects are relatively small that they just harmlessly burn up in the Earth's atmosphere upon entry.
