Comments on: Could a gigantic comet have missed Earth by only a few hundred km in 1883?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:32:00 +0000

I agree with Global Climate Change as opposed to Global Warming. There are very large swings in the weather. It’s a different statement of the same idea. Deceit is of course our own undoing. When the few work in the best interest of even fewer who control the greater assets to general detriment, the populace will suffer. Then, we will probably throw off such oppression. I read about a duty or right to do that somewhere…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:34:00 +0000

What climate change?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:40:00 +0000

we are still here so i guess it missed us.

By: dotmatrix

dotmatrix — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:00:00 +0000

That’s just great, now we’re getting revisionist astronomy,

By: cjn

cjn — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:20:00 +0000

i like cheese

By: owen

owen — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:39:00 +0000

technoboi10 LOL like u could pick up phone and call your astronomer buddy and ask. hey did u notice the comet dissapear thay had the telegraph but it took time and money plus not to many big telescopes at the time not like today at all!

By: Fluent

Fluent — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:44:00 +0000

What! That’s absurd and makes too much sense. Do you have any reference points, examples? :D I’m joking. Yes. Blessing indeed!

By: paul radcliff

paul radcliff — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:13:00 +0000

I think we are collectively getting dumber, as a species, thanks, in part, to deceptive propaganda, and maybe the Universe will test our abilities by throwing a massive projectile at our home, Earth.
If we can not get our global act together to save the planet from an asteroid or comet(s), how will we ever get a handle on Climate Change, world hunger and poverty, and abuse of the poor by the wealthy. Maybe lying should be illegal in every corner of human discourse. Deceit will be our eventual undoing. Deceit by the powerful on all of the rest of us, that is. Never trust all of your news to one source. Get the facts by trolling a lot of sources. Takes time, but who wants to be deceived? Global Warming is very real and is not up for a public opinion vote. It is a fact, just like the possible dangers of space rocks. Honest.

By: Alexander Mac Donald

Alexander Mac Donald — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:08:00 +0000

Why? You give no reference points, no examples. Tell us why?

By: 1 qoo guy

1 qoo guy — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:18:00 +0000

Don’t forget most people were only thinking of one natural event that year…. Krakatoa began erupting in May of that year and killed over 40,000 people immediately, the dust that covered the planet dropped global temperatures and probably made it very hard to see anything in the sky. The story does not state what month the observations were made, but likely before the eruption. Also be reminded that science in 1883 is not at all what we are used to today. Final comment: if we were a smarter species, we would probably put some effort into planetary defense against these rocks and ice chucks. We KNOW they have done in life on earth before, not once, but many times. WTF, now we have telescopes, rockets, warheads, and the ability to calculation how to protect ourselves, but pity the few scientists and policy wonks who tries to get funding for this (especially in the recession).

By: Colorado Casey

Colorado Casey — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:36:00 +0000

Thats it? This is the mass of our comments on this subject?

By: Guest

Guest — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:19:00 +0000

you sure sound like you know what you’re talking about.. I hope you have the credentials to back up that rebuttal… I have a doctorate and I don’t even make bold claims like that in my own field

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:41:00 +0000

This doesn’t pass the common sense test. If a large comet like Pons-Brooks had simply disappeared from view, astronomers all over the world at the time would have been searching for its remains. Any professional or amateur astronomer at the time would have been eager to take credit for discovering its fate and would publish quickly. And besides that, any sizable comet that broke up that thoroughly so close to Earth would be expected to shower us with at least some fragments, if not on that pass then on subsequent passes, causing notable meteor showers that no one could ignore. This just doesn’t add up as credible in part or in whole.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:30:00 +0000

Crazy! Live every day to It’s max folks.. every day you still breath is a blessing…