'Planet killer' asteroids - could we one day miss one that's heading our way ?

[UM-Bot]

Astronomers recently detected a number of large (albeit benign) asteroids obscured by the glare of the Sun.

https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/361906/planet-killer-asteroids--could-we-one-day-miss-one-thats-heading-our-way

[Alchopwn]

I think you should rephrase the question.  Earth misses quite a few and everyone is very happy when we do.

[jethrofloyd]

There's no way we'll miss a single one of 'planet killers'. Bruce Willis protects us.

Edited November 12, 2022 by jethrofloyd

[+and-then]

Only if God is good    It'd only be an improvement if the current mess was razed.

[+DanL]

On 11/12/2022 at 1:19 PM, and-then said:

Only if God is good    It'd only be an improvement if the current mess was razed.

You must be younger than me. I was raised with young American men endlessly going off to fight for the freedom of people that wouldn't fight for it themselves. How many of your family members died in a war? When you were approaching 18 did you have to wonder if you were going to make it to 21 or get drafted and die in some foreign hell hole.

Things aren't perfect but it isn't too bad either. We are blessed by comparison to what most have lived through here in the last hundred or so years.

Edited January 30 by DanL
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