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Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032 (arstechnica.com)
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[–] LouNeko@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah I'll take one for the team. I go to the point of impact and when it finaly hits, I'm gonna try to punch it back into orbit.

You don't have to thank me.

[–] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 2 points 9 hours ago

Honestly, at this point, there might be enough of us volunteering to bounce that fucker back to Jupiter. A lot of us will be turned into jam but I think it’s worth the sacrifice.