A Huge Asteroid Is Passing By Earth Friday!

NASA has classified the asteroid as "potentially hazardous."

05.25.22

The asteroid, named 7335 (1989 JA), is 1.1 miles in diameter, twice the size of the world’s tallest building. It will pass by at a distance of 2.5 million miles. Here’s what NASA has to say about if we should be worried about this or other big rocks coming our way.

Produced and edited by Liz Tril

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