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Mars Asteroid Impact Effectively Ruled Out

Posted by timothy on from the now-we-can-go-back-to-fretting-about-earth dept.

An anonymous reader writes with a followup to previous news noting the possibility that an asteroid would collide with Mars: "Further observations have reduced the odds of asteroid 2007 WD5 impacting Mars to approximately 1 in 10,000. According to NASA this asteroid followed the same pattern of increasing in probability, then finally being ruled out as a threat."

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  1. Re:This sucks. by peektwice · · Score: 0, Troll

    So given that we currently have no proven technology to avoid such an impact, and given that the sun will eventually consume the earth anyway, when we do get this so-called "wake-up-call" what do you suggest we do? You can't stop the sun...

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