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The UK press has noticed that NASA's Small Object Database Browser seems to show an asteroid passing close to Earth – and therefore we're all going to die on Friday. We won't: while object 2014-YB35 will pass within 2.8 million miles (4.48 million km) of Earth, which qualifies as a “near miss” in astronomical terms, it's not …

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  1. Mark 85
    Devil

    Help us out, El Reg

    Give us a BOFH and something by Dabbsy on Friday.... just in case...

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    1. Anonymous IV
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      Re: Help us out, El Reg

      Just a BOFH, please!

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  2. Michael H.F. Wilkinson Silver badge
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    The UNIVERSE will end on Friday

    To be replaced by something even more bizarrely inexplicable

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    1. Terje
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      Re: The UNIVERSE will end on Friday

      I'm sure that already happened last Friday!

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      1. Michael H.F. Wilkinson Silver badge
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        Re: The UNIVERSE will end on Friday

        And of course, a Vogon constructor fleet is due coming Thursday (never could get the hang of Thursdays)

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    2. fandom
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      Re: The UNIVERSE will end on Friday

      Don't you know, the universe is on the brink of collapse

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    3. Vinyl-Junkie
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      Re: The UNIVERSE will end on Friday

      Lucky escape for (insert sports team of choice here) if it does...

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      1. Horridbloke
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        Re: The UNIVERSE will end on Friday

        No, not really.

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  3. Trainee grumpy old ****
    Trollface

    The Express?

    If they haven't made any connection between this asteroid and Diana then it can't be an important story.

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  4. Little Mouse
    Boffin

    But does it glow with all the colours of the rainbow and circle the universe every 12.3 trillion years?

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  5. Lostintranslation

    How is that I am only ever given three days warning of these asteroids to prep my bunker (or "garage" as my wife insists on calling it)?

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    1. Simon Harris
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      I would hope prepping involves numerous trips to the off-licence.

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  6. Rich 11

    If we get really lucky...

    ...an asteroid just large enough to destroy a building will strike the Daily Express and spare us all from their inanity.

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  7. David Gosnell

    End to the Express's freak weather

    Maybe it will knock their beloved displaced polar vortex of dooooooom back into place?

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  8. C4denc3N0ir
    Mushroom

    In a world

    In a world where the Express is right and El Reg is "wrong" (edit: misguided), I'd hope to be wiped out by a comet!

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    1. Triggerfish
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      Yes the point where the Mail or the Express actually report any science correctly will probably be a sign of the end times.

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  9. Velv

    Wouldn't it be ironic if a small object was missed that did get through the atmosphere and managed to take out only the Express offices. I guess it would get the Daily Star too, so a double win?

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  10. Anonymous John

    Spooky.

    I just knew that it was a Nathan Rao story before following that link. I amaze myself sometimes.

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  11. Roj Blake Silver badge

    And of course, on Saturday the Express will claim that the scientists got it wrong.

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  12. Havenswift Hosting

    The British press has never let facts get in the way of a good story !

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