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Human life could be wiped out by asteroid travelling at 9 miles a second

Human life could be wiped out by a huge asteroid that is heading for earth at a speed of 33,800 miles an hour.

With the force of around 44,800 megatonnes of TNT, scientists say that there is a good chance it will hit earth on March 16, 2880.

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