Huge asteroid capable of wiping out entire country is on near-collision course with Earth

A mammoth asteroid measuring 1,000-metre wide in on course to narrowly miss Earth within days, NASA predicts.

The object called ‘2014-YB35’ is predicted to skim the Earth on Friday travelling at more than 23,000 mph in space.

Any impact would trigger devastating changes in the climate, earthquakes and tsunamis.

Ohcrapohcrapohcrapohcrapohcrapohcrapohcrap! Whatever shall we do? However shall we survive? Should I start butchering random hobos and turning them into jerky to sustain my pack of mutant attack cats through the years-long fimbulwinter which is to come? Can no-one save us?

This rock is forecast to pass within 2.8 million miles – a tiny distance in astronomical terms – of Earth on Friday