Judgement Day? An asteroid could be on course to destroy the world today!
– An asteroid is due to pass by close to Earth today
– Some conspiracy theorists believe the asteroid will bring about the biblical end of days
– The space agency NASA however has said there’s nothing to worry about
An asteroid the size of a blue whale is shooting past Earth today and conspiracy theorists believe it could bring about the biblical last hour!
There are allegedly two other signs that the end is nigh, including a super moon that will appear to grow in size as it reaches the closest point to the planet.
Earth is also expected to enter darkness as the moon passes in front of the sun, blocking its light and creating a solar eclipse.
The asteroid is expected to be roughly the same size as Earth’s largest animal, the Blue Whale
Some believe these are biblical omens that could suggest the doom of the world and the second coming!
However, the American space agency NASA reviewed its calculations and discovered it had previously estimated the wrong date that the asteroid would fly past Earth.
Initially the space station claimed the asteroid would hurtle past on March 8.
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Paul Chodas, manager of NASA’s Centre for Near-Earth Object Studies, said: “We already knew this asteroid, 2013 TX68, would safely fly past Earth in early March, but this additional data allow us to get a better handle on its orbital path.
“The data indicates that this small asteroid will probably pass much farther away from Earth than previously thought.”
“We could be in the middle of singing happy birthday and see some extraordinary things happening in the sun, moon and stars,” she said.
NASA released the asteroid’s flight path earlier this week
“The asteroid could whizz by and blow out my candles for me.”
US astronomer Sean Marshall, who studies comets and asteroids, commented: “Should this asteroid come closer than the geostationary satellites, it would be a rare occurrence – that only happens about once per decade for large asteroids.
“What we know for sure is that it will not collide with Earth this month, so do not panic.”
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