{"id":515,"date":"2009-03-08T09:24:51","date_gmt":"2009-03-08T09:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/?p=515"},"modified":"2009-03-08T09:24:51","modified_gmt":"2009-03-08T09:24:51","slug":"the-lure-of-rocks-from-outer-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/2009\/03\/the-lure-of-rocks-from-outer-space\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lure of Rocks From Outer Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lewis.dsruptiv.net\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Lure_rocks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-305\" alt=\"Lure_rocks\" src=\"http:\/\/lewis.dsruptiv.net\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Lure_rocks.jpg\" width=\"201\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a>When you hear about near-misses from asteroids like 2009 DD45, so-called near-Earth objects, your first thoughts might be of the apocalyptic. Hollywood has ensured that we are all fully aware of the risks posed to planet Earth from such space rocks, perhaps not to extinguish all life on our planet <!--more-->(it would take a truly Earth-cracking collision to wipe out the hardy bacteria living miles deep in the hot crust of our planet), but certainly collapse civilization as we know it.<\/p>\n<p>But it is important to not sensationalize such risks, and thankfully the news reporting of 2009 DD45 generally seems to have resisted such cheap hooks.<\/p>\n<p>Read full story on The New York Times <a href=\"http:\/\/roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/03\/06\/the-lure-of-rocks-from-outer-space\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"StumbleUpon\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"Lewis_Dartnell\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"The%20Lure%20of%20Rocks%20From%20Outer%20Space\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you hear about near-misses from asteroids like 2009 DD45, so-called near-Earth objects, your first thoughts might be of the apocalyptic. 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