
A computer-generated simulation of an asteroid striking Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula about 150 million years ago. AFP
A computer-generated simulation of an asteroid striking Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula about 150 million years ago. AFP
Earth 'probably safe' from killer asteroid for next 1,000 years
Collisions from smaller asteroids still a risk, but researchers say planet is still at least a millennium away from being struck by large rocky body