Expert says meteor could wipe out Earth next week marking the end of humanity
A research expert says the world could still end within the next few weeks - despite NASA's claims to the contrary. With just over a week to go until the first rumblings of the end of days - it could be time to hone those contingency planning skills just in case you're the last man standing - after all Earth has had a catastrophic impact before! As a plethora of horrors are expected to rain down and ravage the planet including meteor strikes, earthquakes, tsunamis and even as some suggest a torrent from Almighty God himself - we decided to take some advice from experts who say that doom watchers may be on to something. Conspiracy theorists still haven't pin pointed when earth's final day will come - insisting it could be anywhere from the 22 to the 28 September - but if we're to believe them - then we should start bidding bye-bye to our loved ones soon. Professor Robert Walsh, executive director of research at The University of Central Lancashire tapped into his extensive knowledge to put some historical context to this upcoming phenonmenon. What you may not realise is that Earth is hit with about a hundred tons of extraterrestrial material every day! However, this debris is in the form of numerous small rocks, the majority of which burn up in the planet’s atmosphere. Earth has experienced very destructive impacts in the past – just ask any dinosaur; oh wait, you can’t! The Earth-smashing asteroid in that case has been estimated to be around 10 km across. So we have to take the threat seriously. In fact, in February 2013, a lorry-sized space rock exploded in the skies above Chelyabinsk, Siberia. Spectacularly caught on camera phones as it sped across the sky, the force of the resulting blast smashed windows, injuring hundreds of people. However, the result could be much more devastating if this sort of event was repeated above a major centre of population like London, New York or Beijing.
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