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Schoolboy corrects NASA 'killer asteroid' maths

Science – A 13-year-old German schoolboy corrected NASA's estimates on the chances of an asteroid colliding with Earth, a German newspaper reported today, after spotting the boffins had miscalculated.

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NASA says otherwise:

http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn13723-n...

In my opinion, the writer at the AFP has some explaining to do.

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