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\nCorrection07:11 We made a conversion error! The asteroid in this sentence should be 95,000 meters or 95 km. The conclusion (water would be deadly hot and sterilized) is correct.Let's face it: The Earth is going to get hit by an asteroid...\nCorrection
07:11 We made a conversion error! The asteroid in this sentence should be 95,000 meters or 95 km. The conclusion (water would be deadly hot and sterilized) is correct.

Let's face it: The Earth is going to get hit by an asteroid someday. But how bad that'll be depends entirely how big it is. So how big would that space rock have to be to wipe us all out? Let's break it down, from the likeliest culprits to the hypothetical super-asteroids, and what we can do to hopefully not die.\n
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2025
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education, asteroids, nasa
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