3265: Asteroid Threat

2026-06-29T20:50:21Z

2A02:A452:C35D:0:55CE:B3C:EBD3:E1F0: Fix some spelling mistakes

{{comic
| number = 3265
| date = June 29, 2026
| title = Asteroid Threat
| image = asteroid_threat_2x.png
| imagesize = 345x424px
| noexpand = true
| titletext = Paleontologists have long worried that the dinosaurs blasted into space 66 million years ago will one day complete their orbits and fall back down.
}}

==Explanation==
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It's generally agreed by scientists that most {{w|dinosaurs}} went extinct as a result of the {{w|Chicxulub asteroid}} impacting the Earth near the Yucatán Peninsula 66 million years ago. This comic posits that another asteroid is soon going to hit the Earth again. Because the impact location will be on the exact opposite side of the planet (the antipode), the comic takes the absurd notion that because it happened the 'opposite' way, it will have the opposite effect of bring dinosaurs back from extinction, which is absurd.{{citation needed}}

This comic runs on very dodgy ground. The title text's claim that the dinosaurs were launched into space is absurd, particularly as the comic acts as if once they land on the earth they will rise again, which is ridiculous as not only would they have to somehow survive the impact (which apparently was strong enough to knock them into space) and survive the oxygen-less vacuum of space, they would have to survive all the way to the present day - a thoroughly impossible feat.

The general consensus is that the dinosaurs went extinct as a result of the environmental effects of the impact. The title text suggests that it actually launched the dinosaurs alive into space. They've been circling the Sun in a long orbit that will some day intersect with the Earth again and, absurdly, they will land still alive.{{citation needed}} If this is linked to the un-extinction of the dinosaurs in the main comic is unclear.

==Transcript==
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[Two images of Earth are shown. At the top left is a small one, centered on southern {{w|West Africa}}, showing the Atlantic Ocean and the east coast of South America, with a dotted line through the Earth entering at the Yucatán Peninsula and exiting at the east-central Indian Ocean. Taking up most of the rest of the panel is a large Earth image centered on the Indian Ocean and containing a target symbol, comprising a circle and four spokes, aimed at a location in the east-central Indian Ocean.]

[Caption below image:]<br>
Dire news: An asteroid is on course to hit the earth exactly ''opposite'' the Yucatán Peninsula, bringing ''back'' the dinosaurs.

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