The world as we know it could end on August 26, 2032.
A 1,300-foot wide asteroid is headed toward Earth and could strike the planet with the force of 2,500 nuclear warheads in 19 years, Ukrainian astronomers have shockingly revealed.
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory found the massive asteroid, called 2013 TV135, last weekend and the international scientific community has already rated it as one of the two most dangerous asteroids ever recorded.
Still, the chances of the object striking Earth are very low, estimated at 1 in 63,000. That means there’s a 99.9984 percent chance that life on the planet will continue as normal.
That probability, though, is relatively high, considering that an impact could damage more than 100,000 square miles and change Earth’s climate for years to come.
The chance of hitting a MegaMillions jackpot, by comparison, is 1 in 176million.
If the asteroid misses, it is likely to pass very close to Earth — within 1million miles of the planet’s orbit, Russian news agency RIA Novosti reports.
As a result, NASA has deemed the object ‘potentially hazardous.’
If 2013 TV135 were to collide with Earth, it is estimated to impact with 2,500 megatons of explosive power. The standard U.S. Minute Man II missiles carries a nuclear warhead with an explosive power of a little over 1 megaton.
