Timeline for Catastrophic event from space/earth that humanity are able to see it coming
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20 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
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| Jan 25, 2016 at 1:05 | vote | accept | Mono | ||
| Jan 23, 2016 at 18:09 | comment | added | lirtosiast | @Sempie Sorry; I should have actually read your comment. | |
| Jan 23, 2016 at 10:13 | comment | added | jawo | @Thomas Kwa I want to learn more about the meteroid that melts earths surface without hitting the earth. | |
| Jan 23, 2016 at 9:27 | answer | added | nigel222 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 23, 2016 at 0:59 | answer | added | ahmed | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 17:15 | answer | added | Martyn Adams | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 15:38 | comment | added | Monty Harder | At the risk of being called pedantic, a "meteorite" is what the thing's called after it actually hits the Earth (or other target body). When it's outside our atmosphere, it's a "meteoroid". When the heat of flying through the atmosphere causes it to trail debris, and it hasn't yet hit the surface, it's a "meteor". | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 15:30 | comment | added | Sumurai8 | Research the story behind the game "The Talos Principle" for a catastrophic event that does wipe humanity slowly | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 13:42 | comment | added | Boluc Papuccuoglu | I recommend you read Seveneves | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 12:13 | answer | added | BЈовић | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 11:44 | answer | added | AakashM | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 9:41 | answer | added | valepu | timeline score: 15 | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 9:24 | answer | added | user1092803 | timeline score: 10 | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 8:13 | answer | added | Nikita Akopjans | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 7:00 | comment | added | jawo | How about a massive meteroite (size of moon or larger) on its way to the earth. Mankind is able to distract the meteroite, but it hits the venus. As a outcome, chunks and dust, which where venus and meteroit before, are now on the search of a stable orbit around the sun. This blocks (partiell, periodically) sunlight and changes weather dramatically. The exact weather change is not forecastable, so you could actually do what you want in your story. | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 6:43 | comment | added | Mono | @Sempie I believe solar flare happen too quickly for us to even issue any warning | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 6:42 | comment | added | Mono | @ConfusedMerlin i am afraid humans will be disappointed if such a overused cliche is actually happening <.< | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 6:40 | comment | added | jawo | I claim, any meteroite, which we would not be able to fend off in some way, would be so large, it would destroy the entire earth. How about a massive solar flare, burning off our atmosphere? | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 6:30 | comment | added | Confused Merlin | So, I assume you would like to exclude the good old super- meteorite? | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 6:19 | history | asked | Mono | CC BY-SA 3.0 |