Asteroid shock: NASA breaks silence as killer asteroid approaches Earth in just 24 HOURS
On Thursday, February 13, NASA’s Asteroid Watch Twitter account confirmed the space rock will make a close pass of our planet on Saturday, February 15.
Many Twitter users expressed their fears at the thought of an asteroid this big striking the planet.
Marvin Sommershof tweeted: “A killer virus spreading, asteroids on route to Earth and signals from outer space.
“Sounds like a #DoctorWho two part episode screaming for a happy end… Please.”
Another person said: “Soooooo we have a f****** huge a** ‘planet killer’ sized asteroid approaching Earth and we just gonna ignore it??????”
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