Asteroid 1950 DA has a 0.3 per cent chance of hitting Earth in 867 years This represents a risk 50% greater than an impact from all other asteroids If it were to hit, it would do so with an force of 44,800 megatonnes of TNT.
Doomsday, it seems, has come and gone countless times.
But one particular prediction for the end of the world has been weighing on the mind of astronomers for more than half a century.
It was found that the asteroid 1950 DA has a trajectory that for a 20-minute window on March 16, 2880, a collision cannot be entirely ruled out.