The Ukrainians took a break from their web cams and discovered a killer asteroid. I was just reading in The Independent that the 1300 ft wide floater could smash into our little self-important rock in 2032.
That would put me at 59 for the apocalypse and I’m totally fine with that. Imagine all the ridiculous latex-less hooking up that will go on right before the deep penetration.
Gennady Borisov, head comet spotter at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, AKA the band of ex-Soviet scientists spear-heading “the Earth is getting destroyed in 19 years. WTF do we do about it?” project, said that “On the night of 12 October, I was watching the Giraffe Constellation…This is when the asteroid… was discovered.” It’s all very dramatic.
For your reference, a satellite shot of the Giraffe Constellation, adjacent to the Cameltoe Nebula.
For more on this end of the world story, click on this episode of CrabNation!