Support Your Wayward Asteroid

(from the archives)

In 2002, we learned of an asteroid that had what is referred to as a "cosmic near miss" with the Earth, passing at a distance of only 75,000 miles.

In baseball parlance, that might be comparable to a pitch just missing the outside corner at the knees.

At any rate, cosmic collisions have been shown in all their catacylismic glory in movies like Asteroid and Deep Impact. NASA tracks for celestial bodies with designs on making their mark on our terra firma, and has a rather illuminating list of pending contestants one might liken to the next Kelly Clarkson wannabe on American Idull.

Well, okay: more like William Hung.

At any rate, this hyar isn't meant as just another apocalyptic view of a possible future-ending collision; this seeks to find that silver lining that some folks seek in anything.

Seek forth hyar.