From New York Magazine, Dec. 13:
NASA Scientist Says Earth Is Due for ‘Extinction-Level’ Event
Earth is due for an “extinction-level” event from the sky, and even if we see it coming, we won’t be able to do anything about it, a NASA scientist said Monday.Speaking at a meeting in San Francisco, Dr. Joseph Nuth of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center said large asteroids and comets, the type that could wipe out civilization, are extremely rare, but tend to hit “50 to 60 million years apart.” Given that a comet wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, one could argue that we’re slightly past “due.”“The biggest problem, basically, is there’s not a hell of a lot we can do about it at the moment,” he added....MORE
