The Sky Is Falling
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Saved by 4 people (-1 private), first by anonymouse user on 2008-06-10
- Mpohorilak on 2009-10-31 - Tags no_tag
- Shanta on 2008-07-13 - Tags gregg_easterbrook , space-rock_threat , the_atlantic , paradoxes , delicious_import
- Mezzotoscano on 2008-06-11 - Tags asteroid , nasa
- Wroush on 2008-06-10 - Tags atlantic , easterbrook , asteroids , impact
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The odds that a potentially devastating space rock will hit Earth this century may be as high as one in 10. So why isn’t NASA trying harder to prevent catastrophe?
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Only in the past few decades have astronomers begun to search the nearby skies for objects such as asteroids and comets (for convenience, let’s call them “space rocks”). What they are finding suggests that near-Earth space rocks are more numerous than was once thought, and that their orbits may not be as stable as has been assumed. There is also reason to think that space rocks may not even need to reach Earth’s surface to cause cataclysmic damage. Our solar system appears to be a far more dangerous place than was previously believed.
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