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Zireael07 t1_it8nwgo wrote

Bull#$@#%.

We're only one big asteroid hit away from extinction. This article doesn't even mention that. Yes, what it DID mention are also potential causes of extinction, but even if we solve those there's always an asteroid waiting...

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penguinmagnetwater t1_itc34lz wrote

Asteroids are one of the few existential threats that we're actually working on, DART was successful in redirecting that asteroid it hit.

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Zireael07 t1_itc3bfx wrote

Point. But this article doesn't mention that AT ALL - not the risk, and not the measures we're (finally) taking.

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