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NASA says a huge asteroid that some people would wipe out the planet will actually zoom straight past.

Persistent internet rumors have maintained the asteroid would strike, potentially wiping out humanity.

The rumour survived on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, even after being debunked at every turn.

The space agency has spent the past few months debunking claims that a "doomsday space rock" will wipe out humanity this month.

Now it has confirmed the 270-metre Asteroid 2012 TT5 will speed past the planet tomorrow and insisted our species will live to fight another day.

Conspiracy theorists claimed humanity's final hours could come between 22 and 28 September.

A NASA spokesperson said: "NASA knows of no asteroid or comet currently on a collision course with Earth, so the probability of a major collision is quite small."