Astrophysicists Say The Taurids Meteor Shower Could Send Dangerous Rocks to Earth

It is believed that there are half a dozen full-size asteroids whose orbits place them squarely in the stream of Earth.

By Robert Moor
Jun 1, 1992 5:00 AMNov 12, 2019 4:55 AM

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June is a time for beach parties and barbecues. It is a time for wildflowers and warm breezes and slow summer evenings. It is a time when our sun-orbiting planet cuts across a trail of cosmic debris, scattered by a monster comet, that one fine day may visit a holocaust upon us.

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