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NASA doubles odds of Moon hitting near-Earth asteroid. (science.nasa.gov)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I once had a dream I was swimming in a river, and when I looked up at the night sky I saw something impact the Moon and shatter it, sending chunks down to Earth's surface.

Time to get that doomsday hype train rolling again for 2024 YR4! I don't even know how large an object would need to be in order to do something like that, probably larger than this is. I guess it'll just have to remain a dream, sigh.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Even if the moon was shattered, most of the pieces would probably just continue in their orbit.