Asteroid warning: Scientist reveals ‘concerns’ over future impact ‘devastating humanity’

Earlier today, Lembit Opik, the chairman of parliament for the space nation Asgardia, told Express.co.uk that “the chances of an impact is 100 percent, you just don’t know when”.

That same view is held by leading cosmochemist Natalie Starkey, who revealed one could even hit tomorrow.

Speaking during a recent StarTalk podcast with Neil deGrasse Tyson, the popular science communicator said: “You probably wonder why I’m so interested in these objects and it’s because I’m inherently interested in where we came from.

“We’re not on this planet for very long, most of us 100 years if we’re lucky and in that time I think we should give a purpose to our life.