No one knows when the world will end. Not even NASA, despite warnings of asteroids hitting Earth on May 6, 2022.
The risk of one (or several) asteroids hitting Earth is high. In fact, according to the record Cosmos Magazinean average of 17 extraterrestrial celestial bodies fall on our planet every day. Of different sizes, shapes and origins, they are part of the dance that integrates us into the Universe. This does not mean that the neither humanity nor the biosphere are in danger of disappearing.
Recently, the false news that NASA announced that the May 6, 2022 would be the end of the world. However, this It is only the product of effective owners, who seek to attract people’s attention through fear and sensationalism. This is what will really happen on this date, and why it should not be a cause for global alarm.
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What will happen on May 6, 2022, according to NASA?
The news exploded on social networks: the asteroid 2009 FJ1 will impact Earth on May 6, 2022, as warned by NASA. Although this celestial body exists, and is real, it has attracted a torrent of lies regarding itself. Here we present some facts, as documented Xataka:
- Asteroid 2009 FJ1 was first observed 13 years ago, in May 2009.
- It has a diameter between 10 and 20 meters (in contrast, that of the Earth exceeds 12 thousand kilometers).
- under none circumstance It implies a mortal danger for the Earth, its ecological balance, or for the beings that inhabit it.
Furthermore, it is unlikely that it will even hit anyone or anything on the earth’s surface. This is so since, as happens with other extraterrestrial bodies, it will most likely disintegrate on contact with the atmosphere. For its part, NASA recognizes that this asteroid will approach Earth on May 6, 2022.
Through a network of telescopes and its Planetary Defense Coordination Office, the NASA monitors all asteroids that pass by Earth. In addition, the space agency has “lots of asteroid statistics you can review,” Space explains, “including a list of upcoming flybys and their small body data«. The 2009 FJ1 falls into that category.
Nevertheless, this event is so irrelevant that the space agency he hasn’t even bothered to deny this kind of alarmist news. Around space, the cosmos and nature, there will always be people who try to spread conspiracy theories gimmicky. To counter it with a critical lookit is best to always see where this information comes from, who issues it and for what purpose.
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What might bring regarding the collapse of civilization?
When asked what might bring regarding the collapse of civilization as we know it, the climate crisis is the immediate answer. The United Nations and other non-governmental organizations have insisted for decades that the rate of consumption and burning of fossil fuels what we human beings carry es untenable.
And what is more: that, if this trend is not reversed before the end of this decade, the planet might easily be uninhabitable by 2040. severe droughts, monster forest fires, bomb cyclones and others erratic natural phenomena they are already showing up because of the climate crisis.
Faced with this global alarm —which is real, and is already tangible around the world— concern a couple more asteroids that will pass close to our planet simply pales.
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