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We Could Be Hit By Five Building-sized Asteroids By The End Of The Century - So What Are We Going To Do About It?

It’s amazing how much one movie can act as a cultural touchpoint for an entire topic - even a topic as serious as defense of a planet. Popular media consistently use the 1998 movie Armageddon as a reference when talking about how we would...

Mar 30, 2026

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We Could Be Hit By Five Building-sized Asteroids By The End Of The Century - So What Are We Going To Do About It?

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