Sting in the Tail


Sting in the Tail -- Staff  -- New Scientist  -- March 24, 2001
Asteroid Defense

AS GOVERNMENTS around the world prepare to spend millions studying the
threat of nearby asteroids hitting the Earth, an astronomer in Northern
Ireland is warning that comets might pose a greater danger. \"We may be
looking for a swarm of bees while standing on a railway line with the train
coming,\" says Bill Napier of the Armagh Observatory.

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