dadanape: Threat of asteroid hitting Earth is way more likely than we thought

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Threat of asteroid hitting Earth is way more likely than we thought

This is frightening. Nature just published a study by astronomers who have reanalyzed and recalculated the estimate of asteroids that could hit Earth and it's a lot worse than we thought. As in, researchers are now saying we are 10 times more likely to get struck by an asteroid than before. As in, scientists are saying we need to improve our early warning systems. As in, yikes.