Prepare for More Asteroids to Hit Earth, Scientists Say
Are we in danger?
Asteroids have been the fodder for some… interesting science fiction blockbusters, but with the strike in Chelyabinsk, Russia this year, scientists say it's time to get serious. Two papers published in Nature -- one of the most prestigious academic journals -- suggest that asteroid strikes might be a bit more common in the coming years.
Current searches for asteroids are only for those that are at least 1 kilometer wide, but those are rocks big enough to end our civilization. Smaller bits -- those that are capable of devastating countries or cities -- slip through the cracks.
Former astronaut Edward Lu is prepared to help defend Earth with B612 -- a project with the goal of detecting much smaller threats from outer space. According to the project, there are a million "near-Earth asteroids large enough to substantially damage or destroy a major city." Equivalent to a massive minefield of nuclear warheads, this is not a threat we can simply ignore.
Impacts the size of the one that hit Chelyabinsk should be expected every one or two decades. To be sure, a good chunk of the Earth is uninhabited, and it's unlikely that any of these impacts will hit a major city, but with the stakes as high as they are, that's no longer a gamble we can afford to make.

With ISON on its way and the all other comets that were just discovered this year and passed by the inner solar system with only months of warning, these scientific fantasies of stopping or adverting an incoming object seems nil. WE are just going to sit and watch it happen like ALL the other man made and natural disasters of the past century.
@eklipz330 - Though I agree we need massive change to happen yesterday, its not really humanity, just the ones that are controlling and manipulating the masses, and quite frankly they are doing a great job at it unfortunately.
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It is estimated that if 1950 DA were to collide with the planet, it would do so with an force of around 44,800 megatonnes of TNT.
If you're going to sensationalize, at least do some research into these matters and proper writing.
Thats it! Time to break out Starship Troopers again!
If you are knee-deep then you are either doing it very wrong, or very right...
Oh, and BTW, are you ready for this?... I believe there is a good chance Sun will come up in the morning.
HAARP? *facepalm*
People.... We are screwed, no matter how you look at it! Better to just live life as best you can, and be the best person you can, while you still can.
The difference is non earth destroyers have not been tracked.
'According to the project, there are a million "near-Earth asteroids large enough to substantially damage or destroy a major city.'
That's not that difficult to understand, is it????