The threat of a doomsday asteroid colliding with Earth is a topic that has been explored in various forms of media. One such event took place in 1908, when an asteroid impact in Siberia resulted in the flattening of an estimated 80 million trees over an area of 2,150 km of forest. More recently, in 2013, an asteroid approximately the size of a tennis court crashed into Earth.
Doomsday Asteroid Impacts and Consequences
The impact of a doomsday asteroid, such as the one that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, would have catastrophic consequences for humanity. The Chicxulub impactor, estimated to be 10 to 15 kilometers in diameter, created a crater 180 kilometers in diameter and 20 kilometers in depth, leading to massive tsunamis and blocking sunlight for almost two years.