A ‘potentially hazardous asteroid’ the size of a football stadium is hurtling towards Earth, NASA has said.

The space rock, called 2008 OS7, measures about 890 feet in diameter – just slightly smaller than Wembley Stadium’s famous arch, which stretches 1,033ft.

It will pass our planet at a distance of 1,770,000 miles at 14:41 GMT on Friday afternoon.

But before you panic, NASA reasure that there is no risk of collision.

‘We don’t need to worry about it too much as this asteroid will not enter Earth’s atmosphere, while this will still approach close to the Earth,’ said Dr Minjae Kim, Research Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Warwick.

A ‘potentially hazardous asteroid’ the size of a football stadium is hurtling towards Earth, Neo Drops Preis Nasa has said (artist’s impression)