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Revision as of 14:44, 6 May 2014 by Woozle (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<hide> page type::article thing type::danger subject::asteroid impact </hide> ==About== The danger of an asteroid impact on the Earth's surface is one that has...")
About
The danger of an asteroid impact on the Earth's surface is one that has been largely ignored until fairly recently. Although impacts severe enough to be a threat to human life are fairly rare (on the order of one per century), larger impacts posing a threat to millions of lives or even to all life on Earth are inevitable over the long term.
Pages
- Deadly asteroid impact denial: a satirical thought-game
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News
- 2014/05/02 [L..T] NASA seeks help to save Earth from killer asteroids "After a previously undetected, 65-foot-wide asteroid exploded over Russia in February 2013, unleashing the force of 500,000 tons of TNT, NASA launched a series of contests for smart folks around the globe to come up with ways to keep an eye on asteroids that could threaten Earth."
- 2014/04/22 [L..T] Asteroids as powerful as NUCLEAR BOMBS strike Earth TWICE YEARLY "A study using data from monitoring stations designed to enforce a nuclear test ban treaty shows that the Earth is enduring far more dangerous asteroid impacts than previously thought."