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Comet May Have Missed Earth By a Few hundred Kilometers
First time accepted submitter afree87 writes "A re-analysis of historical observations at a Mexican observatory suggests Earth narrowly avoided an extinction event just over a hundred years ago. On August 12th and 13th 1883, an astronomer at a small observatory in Zacatecas in Mexico made an extraordinary observation, some 450 objects, each surrounded by a kind of mist, passing across the face of the Sun. This month, Hector Manterola at the National Autonomous University of Mexico suggests these were fragments of a comet. 'If they had collided with Earth we would have had 3275 Tunguska events in two days, probably an extinction event.'"
Often it's helpful to read the entire sentence, rather than just the first half. You should be OK on these sentences though, as I've structured them to accommodate your particular reading disability.
How Slashdotters approach all scientific articles:
1. Abounding skepticism.
2. Criticism of scientist's findings and methods used.
3. Explanation of failed logic.
4. Loss of all wonder and awe and appreciation at whatever findings remain.
5 Cynicism and dejection at failure of science.
6. Continued existence of misery and woe and greater skepticism.
My tongue is jammed up against my cheek; otherwise, I'd say more. God bless.
And Slashdot is the best your imagination can come up with. Come on man.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
I think you may have missed the humorous nature of his post. No, on second thoughts, you definitely missed it.
That's because, in space, no one can hear you go "whoosh".
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!