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Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth go up as Webb telescope is tasked with studying potential "city-killer"
CBS News ^
| February 12, 2025
| Emily Mae Czachor
Posted on 02/12/2025 11:44:37 AM PST by Red Badger
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If an asteroid was actually gonna hit the Earth, do you really think they would tell us?...................
To: Red Badger
I’d have to know WHICH city before I concern myself ...
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posted on
02/12/2025 11:46:02 AM PST
by
SJSAMPLE
To: Red Badger
Is the asteroid taking suggestions on a city?
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posted on
02/12/2025 11:46:02 AM PST
by
kevcol
To: SJSAMPLE
+/- 20 degrees of the Equator............
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posted on
02/12/2025 11:47:09 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
02/12/2025 11:54:54 AM PST
by
fwdude
(Why is there a "far/radical right," but damned if they'll admit that there is a far/radical left?)
To: Red Badger
i was told in driving school, if i look at an on coming car, i will reflexively drive towards it... does the same thing apply to asteroids?
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posted on
02/12/2025 11:55:13 AM PST
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
To: teeman8r
They never told us that in Driver’s Ed!...............
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posted on
02/12/2025 11:56:41 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
A really good simulator of these various impact sizes by Metalballstudios.
https://youtu.be/ZyyrfB8s5cY?si=O2_RihjI-6D2ADEc
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posted on
02/12/2025 11:59:48 AM PST
by
fwdude
(Why is there a "far/radical right," but damned if they'll admit that there is a far/radical left?)
To: Red Badger
“We’re toast” (Bill Murray in “Caddyshack”).
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posted on
02/12/2025 12:00:31 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(The trouble with illegal aliens is that their own crappy countries don't even want them there.)
To: Red Badger
i took driver’s ed at montgomery wards...
one of the things they told me.
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posted on
02/12/2025 12:03:41 PM PST
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
To: Red Badger
Sure would be too bad if it hits dead center on Mecca...
To: kevcol
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posted on
02/12/2025 12:06:14 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
To: fwdude
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posted on
02/12/2025 12:11:40 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
My drivers ed teacher told us the same thing. Youve heard of him…. The late Joe Smith
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posted on
02/12/2025 12:12:17 PM PST
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j.havenfarm
(24 years on Free Republic, 12/10/24! More than 10,500 replies and still not shutting up!)
To: j.havenfarm
Died in a head-on at night, did he?............
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posted on
02/12/2025 12:14:23 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
02/12/2025 12:18:05 PM PST
by
DesertRhino
(2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI...)
To: j.havenfarm
I knew him!
He died in his sleep.
Unlike his passengers who were wide awake when the train hit them.
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posted on
02/12/2025 12:39:20 PM PST
by
normbal
(normbal. somewhere in socialist occupied America ‘tween MD and TN)
To: normbal
We try to shoot it down and deliberately miss. Which city?
To: normbal
One of my favorite jokes!
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posted on
02/12/2025 3:17:58 PM PST
by
j.havenfarm
(24 years on Free Republic, 12/10/24! More than 10,500 replies and still not shutting up!)
To: fwdude
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posted on
02/12/2025 3:28:53 PM PST
by
telescope115
(I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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