Is it true that scientists have found an asteroid that's on a collision course with the Earth?

Answer 1

No, it is not true. But they are looking all the time and there are some that are expected to come pretty close in the next few decades. If there is ever a definite prediction of an inevitable collision, it will be all over the news; you won't have to ask about it on the Internet. I mean, it will be debated in congress, the president will be on all TV channels, the UN will debate it, every scientist and weirdo will be on TV talking about it, billions of dollars will be appropriated by governments around the world to try and do something about it and on and on and on. It will not be a secret or an obscure, hard to find fact.

Answer 2

There are none KNOWN on a direct collision course. There are couple that will come very, very close though --

2004 MN4
Measurements of 2004 MN4's positions combined with additional observations, enabled members of the Spaceguard Survey to reduce the uncertainty in the orbit and rule out an impact in 2029. Furthermore, it looks like this asteroid will not pose a significant threat for the next 100 years. It's still going to pass close — current estimates put it missing us by about 40,000 miles.

VD17
On May 4, 2012 has about a 1 in 4,000 chance of impact

Answer 3

VD17 is estimated at a 1 in 1000 of hitting us, but the date is in 2102, not 2012. (with a potential force of 10,000 megaton nuke, or 10 gigaton! )When I first saw May 4, 2012 I thought, oh my gosh, how odd. Doesn't ancient mayan prophecy predict the end of the world May 5, 2012?
Actually it appears that on that date the polarity of the suns magnetic field will reverse itself, which in itself is problematic.
But you know, we're only going to die someday, so what the heck. Enjoy each day and get to know god, no worries.

Answer 4

possible.
Are a lot of rocks in space falling on earth

Answer 5

ONE-MILE-WIDE ASTEROID TO PASS CLOSE TO THE EARTH IN 2028!

Answer 6

No, they have not.

Answer 7

http://www.arksky.org/smf/index.php?PHPSESSID=d69452a81861ff9b1cd67e3bdfc1063b&topic=941.msg4524

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/09/02/asteroid.reut/index.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2147879.stm

http://edition.cnn.com/2002/TECH/space/03/19/asteroid.blindside/