However, despite the firebrand preacher’s doomsday claims, there is no reason to believe Earth is experiencing any unusual increase in cosmic activity.
According to the US space agency NASA, the fireballs like the one seen over Australia are very frequent.
Between 1994 and 2014 alone, NASA has recorded more than 550 small asteroids streaking across our skies.
There is also no indication an asteroid is going to hit our planet within the next few hundred years.
The US space agency said: “NASA knows of no asteroid or comet currently on a collision course with Earth ... Read even more
