Have you ever had a near miss?
Geophysicists estimated that a collision with– ironically named after the Greek demi-god of healing and medicine – would have released enough of an explosion comparable to a 600 megaton atomic bomb..Of course there have been other near-misses before and after this one. And let’s not forget what happened to the dinosaurs millions of years ago.
the fragility of the planet comes into play, when one reflects on how truly vulnerable it is out in the universe.Article content Of course, who can forget that startling sonic boom from the massive meteorite that hit Russia back in February, 2013. The noise was deafening – and frightening – blowing out windows and damaging buildings, not to mention injuring more than a thousand people who lived near the city of Chelybinsk, Russia. This mighty meteorite flexed its muscle to show the world how vulnerable it truly is.
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