As the sightings and instances of meteors entering, and some exploding in our atmosphere seemingly increase, experts also seemed to have increased their efforts into finding ways to prevent an extinction event from a catastrophic celestial visitor impacting Earth. via Sputniknews In light of the hundreds of thousands of "potentially hazardous" so-called Near-Earth Objects (NOEs) passing our planet, efforts are increasingly being made to zero in on our defences, according to Jonathan "Jay" Tate, director of the Spaceguard Centre in Wales, as cited by the Express. Tate, whose institution spends every night monitoring the skies for potential threats, believes a lot may be done to prevent possible collisions with Earth, assuming, though, that one day, we may turn out to be "really unlucky" and "have a global issue", or, in arguably more favourable conditions, "may get away with it and just lose a large city or something like that".