No, An Asteroid Isn’t Going To Hit Earth And Kill Us All Any Time Soon

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We're all going to die. Eventually. Just not due to an asteroid next month. solarseven/Shutterstock.

An asteroid is not going to destroy Earth in September.

There. Happy?

Okay, okay, let’s go into a bit more detail. Recently on the Internet, several stories have been circulating that, between September 15 and 28 this year, an asteroid or comet four kilometers (2.5 miles) wide will hit Puerto Rico, destroying much of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the U.S. and Mexico, and also Central and South America. Sounds scary, right?