this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2026
473 points (100.0% liked)

xkcd

16834 readers
499 users here now

A community for a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
 

xkcd #3265: Asteroid Threat

Title text:

Paleontologists have long worried that the dinosaurs blasted into space 66 million years ago will one day complete their orbits and fall back down.

Transcript:

Transcript will show once it’s been added to explainxkcd.com

Source: https://xkcd.com/3265/

explainxkcd for #3265

top 20 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 42 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

This doesn't sound right but I don't know enough about dinosaurs or asteroids to dispute it.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 25 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I saw a superman movie once and read the x-men comics. This is how it works.

[–] fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

smart guy TV show concussion re genuis the boi

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

i am also available for quickie junk engirthenings

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 24 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

When reached for comment, preteen boys agreed it was "kick ass", after looking around to see if any adults were in earshot.

[–] Klear@piefed.world 9 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

Will this kill all the birds?

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Hey, you know birds aren't real, right?

[–] Kenny2999@lemmy.world 13 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] SirHery@lemmy.world 13 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 19 hours ago

It is quite a big one, to be fair

[–] MML@sh.itjust.works 3 points 17 hours ago

No, we'll have to keep trying

[–] Ooops@feddit.org 2 points 19 hours ago

Why would bringing back non-avain dinosaurs kill the avian dinosaurs?

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 4 points 17 hours ago
[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 6 points 20 hours ago

Based purely on the thumbnail and title, I thought this was going to be a joke about a tiny clone of Earth being the asteroid and wondered how the heck that would work as set-up and punchline.

And even though that's not actually what's going on in the image, I still kind of want someone to make the wrong interpretation work.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 4 points 18 hours ago

Does that mean we get to drive kickass Cadillacs?

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

That would be wild…an asteroid returning fossils (surely fossils were blasted into space, not that I’m suggesting anything balsted into space can fossilize.)

[–] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 4 points 19 hours ago

Anything that made it to space as ejecta from the KT Asteroid impact did so as molten debris

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

Speaking of the antipode of Chicxulub, the Deccan Traps formed at about the same time.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

Then for 40 days and 40 nights, chickens danced.

[–] untorquer@quokk.au 1 points 20 hours ago

Retvrn to pangea