Can a major collision occur on Earth?

The video recorded by amateur astronomer John McKeon on March 17 suddenly " caught " the moment a mysterious object collided with Jupiter in space, raising fears that the Earth has a major impact after Jupiter.

The moment a mysterious object collides with Jupiter.

Astronomers predict the impact object will likely be an asteroid or comet .

In a caption next to the video, John said: " The purpose of the first shot is to capture the moment of drifting time but in the second shot, we accidentally recorded this magic collision. ".

The asteroid expert of the US Space and Aeronautics Agency (NASA), Paul Chodas, said: " It is likely that the collision occurred because of an asteroid. "

The video records the moment when the mysterious object collided with Jupiter.

After all, many argue that even if any collision is avoided, it is likely that asteroids will once " conflict " with the human planet.

Last month, NASA made a prediction that a 100ft stone block could crash into Earth on September 28, 2017.

However, the collision rate is very small, not more than 1/25 billion.

The hypothesis is that, if collisions occur, asteroids may explode in the atmosphere like a nuclear bomb with enormous destructive power.

Expert Paul Chodas added: " The possibilities for collisions are too small to attract real concerns. "