NASA Debunks Fake Asteroid / Earth Collision News Story on CNN

After a news story was released on a CNN network feed blared “Giant Asteroid Possibly on Collision Course With Earth,” it was sure to garner attention.  After the article was read by more than 233,000 and over 23,000 shared the story on social media, CNN removed the story from their website because it was fake, according to a report.

10 mile-wide asteroid headed to destroy earth in 2041 proved false

The CNN article as originally posted claimed that “Using their Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE), the 10-mile wide...