If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Have you ever wondered what it would be like if an asteroid slammed into your city or town?

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has spotted a giant "city killer" asteroid flying toward Earth. And this afternoon, it will reach its closest approach to our planet, about 1.77 million miles away.

“You may have seen news of this asteroid online in recent davs,” said Richard Moissi, Head of the European Space Agency’s Planetary Defence Office. “There is no chance of this “city ...