What if a Giant Asteroid Strikes Today

If the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs strikes today, the results would be devastating. It would produce an explosion billions of times more powerful than all the nuclear weapons on Earth combined. A monstrous crater, perhaps hundreds of kilometres wide would be formed, releasing a huge amount of energy into the atmosphere. The initial impact would also cause widespread destruction, with tsunamis, earthquakes, and wildfires sweeping across the globe. This would cause a global climate change, with temperatures dropping and the atmosphere becoming filled with dust and smoke. The prolonged darkness, similar to a nuclear winter, would inhibit photosynthesis thereby triggering the collapse of food chains. Our bright, green world would turn dark and grim, and many animals and plants might not survive, just like the dinosaurs.

So NASA is actively working on developing a planetary defence system to protect us from asteroid impacts.

[ryanforgo]

" if the asteroid that wiped out the dinasours strikes today. The results will be devastating"

You don't say...😂

[imchillbro]

"It will produce an explosion." Thank you for confirming that.

[robertsmith]

“Pray for everything and worry about nothing!” St. Paul

[michaelboard]

You would think that a project like this would unite countries

[miguelmeneses]

As a dinosaurs 🦕🦖 I can confirm this. 😂

[Lorrenzo]

Dinosaurs: "Time for us to come back to Earth🦖🐱‍🐉
Meanwhile 2090 in Dinosaur News: "Animals Glad are extinct"
1. Human

[mista_.SoCom]

At this point in the game that's kind of what we need.

[vincentruiz]

On 4th of July people
"Wow!" "Who's firework is that?"

[feral]

First, we'd have to stop examining our hemorrhoids, then we could start working on the asteroids.

[turjamajumder]

That's sounds like Tony stark's Altron.

[trippa]

Dude if an earth destroying asteroid was heading to us, there would be literally nothing we can do.

[darylcroft]

Every 60 minutes in Africa, a minute passes

[markiskool]

As I look around at the state of things, I'm praying for the asteroid.

[insomniacdreamer]

Managers be like, are you still coming in today?

[thihsareb]

Thanks. I needed to hear this before bedtime.

[Karlanimz]

"defense system to protect the earth"
Jupiter: *"bro, am i a joke to you?"*


edit: stop, this fucking war in the replies

[JJcrabtower]

I just want to die out like the dinosaurs, I want modern times and technology to disappear and go back to ancient times.

[erod]

The bigger problem is the cauldron under Yosemite.

[Freedome]

As grim as this sounds, I’m sure the human species would figure something out 😅

[thepromking]

If the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs strike again the result would be same…