This Giant Asteroid Could Hit Earth Within 20 Years So YOLO

Mark your calendars for Aug. 26, 2032 as the day the world could end

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The apocalypse is back, and it’s dressed as a 1,350 foot-wide asteroid headed to a planet near you.

A team of Ukrainian astronomers have discovered a massive asteroid, 2013 TV135, that’s on track to hit earth Aug. 26, 2032, Russian news agency Ria Novosti reports. The discovery was confirmed by five other astronomy groups in Italy, the U.K., Spain and Russia’s Siberian republic of Buryatia.

While scientists are unsure if the minor planet will actually hit earth, they estimate the explosion would equate to 2,500 megatons of TNT, or more vividly, “50 times greater the biggest nuclear bomb ever detonated.”

#YOLO, folks.

[Ria Novosti]