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Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Don't look up! 360 degree video reveals the hidden threats Earth faces from 5,000 nearby asteroids

Don't look up! 360 degree video reveals the hidden threats Earth faces from 5,000 nearby asteroids | Daily Mail Online: "It is a terrifying glimpse of the sky as you've never seen it before. An astronomer has created an interactive view that shows the 5,000 hidden asteroids we know about it orbit.Created to mark Asteroid Day, it comes as leading scientists and supporters such as Brian May call for more to be done to protect Earth."

On average, Earth is hit by a football pitch-sized rock every 5,000 years, and a civilisation-ending asteroid every one million years, according to Nasa's Near-Earth Object Program

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