It would appear that the dirty job of humanity’s extinction is back in our own hands for a while longer.
The Ice Ball Cometeh.
The comet Apophis – measuring in just over .3km – was given a 1 in 50 chance of slamming into earth either in 2029 or 2036. Needless to say this impact would have been unpleasant for most of us… Ignoring the vaporization of the millions of poor sods near the impact point, the pandemic debris cloud would have cut global food production dramatically, leading to widespread starvation, riots, and general zombie apocalypse conditions.
NASA has now revised their projected probably downwards to 1 in 1,000,000, essentially ruling it out as a concern.
Ah well, back to overconsumption and general environmental obliviousness. Slow and steady wins the race!