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Originally Posted by discoman
The destruction of the Earth could occurr at any moment,in an instant.If a large enough Asteroid strikes the Earth, life on
Earth could be extinguished in a metter of
hours.This Asteroid strike could occurr at any moment.So your statement that the destruction of the Earth is Billions of years
away is technically incorrect.This Asteroid strike situation, is what many scientist say exterminated the Dinosaurs.
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Actually at the least we would probably have several months warning (a rare comet) and at the worst we could have decades of warning before anything impacts the Earth.
Astronomers are constantly looking for threats to the Earth and computers pick up objects moving in our solar system based upon digital imaging.