An impact crater that was made by an asteroid millions of years ago was discovered in a remote hillside of China this year. Scientists have since been studying the massive hole and have concluded that it was not an average asteroid strike, but was the result of a "nuclear explosion level" event.

Nuclear explosion-level event gouged a 600ft-deep hole in China 20 million years ago

Could we be staring at a scenario where humanity knows that an asteroid has a high chance of impact but no one is able to do anything despite having years to act against it?

NASA simulation shows that only an asteroid 100% certain to hit Earth would lead to real action

Asteroids are just space rocks measuring some kilometres across. But a direct hit and they cause mayhem for any living thing that's present on a planet. They have potential to wipe out life off the face of the planet or at least dramatically alter the dominance of species.

Asteroid possibly hitting Earth has been revealed to be safe

A 104-metre-wide asteroid, which will be within 3.48 million miles of Earth, is going to pass near the planet. The asteroid has been labelled as a “potentially hazardous object”. The rock, which seems to be bigger than the iconic Big Ben, has been named Asteroid 2013 YD48 by NASA.

It’s time to ‘look up’: Witness building-sized asteroid pass near Earth

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Nuclear explosion-level event gouged a 600ft-deep hole in China 20 million years ago

NASA simulation shows that only an asteroid 100% certain to hit Earth would lead to real action

Asteroid possibly hitting Earth has been revealed to be safe

It’s time to ‘look up’: Witness building-sized asteroid pass near Earth