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Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032 (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/astronomy@mander.xyz

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[–] Cform@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

[–] parpol@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To people having panic attacks, it is not large enough to destroy the earth, and we would have plenty of time to evacuate the impact location. Though let's hope it isn't anywhere with permafrost.

[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

You mean populate the impact zone because I'm going to watch

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Jesus is coming back and he's pissed...

[–] uxia@midwest.social -1 points 1 year ago

Reading this headline instantly brought a huge smile to my face 😁

[–] Hobbes@startrek.website -1 points 1 year ago

Is there any way to get it here sooner?