City-obliterating asteroid screamed past Earth the other night – and boffins only clocked it just 26 hours beforehand

'We should have seen it earlier' astro-prof tells El Reg after rock whizzed between us and Moon

Video An asteroid zipped past Earth on Thursday, close enough to slide in between our planet and the Moon - and nobody knew the bloody thing was coming until about a day earlier, when it was within spitting distance."