An asteroid, the size of India Gate, will pass close to Earth today. The asteroid, named 2019 VU5, is travelling at a speed of 83,934 km/h. It will pass at a distance of about 4.6 million kilometres from Earth.

NASA issued an alert on the asteroid 2019 VU5, a near-Earth object, which is going to pass dangerously close to Earth today. The asteroid, approximately 140-foot wide, comparable in size to Delhi's India Gate,

Scheduled to pass by Earth on April 13, 2029, Apophis will come within just 19,000 miles of our planet—closer than some satellites.