No, a Huge Asteroid Is NOT "Set to Wipe Out Life on Earth in 2880"

What is it about crappy reporting and asteroids? The culprit this time is the UK's Telegraph. In its search to become ever more Daily Mailian, it ran an article about an asteroid called 1950 DA with this headline: Huge asteroid set to wipe out life on Earth - in 2880 Along with this subtle piece of artwork: Yeah. The only problem with this: It's very, very unlikely the asteroid will whack us in 2880, so at best that headline is hugely misleading. And this ain't "at best". The real situation will...