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En er zullen nog honderden volgen.<\/p>\n<p>In feite vindt er om de zoveel duizend jaar een inslag van een planeto\u00efde op Aarde plaats. De laatste daarvan was in 1908, toen een kleine planeto\u00efde in Siberi\u00eb ruim 2000 vierkante kilometer bos verwoestte. De explosie was groot genoeg om een stad als Parijs of Londen van de kaart te vegen.<\/p>\n<p>Een inslag die een einde maakt aan het leven op bijna heel onze planeet doet zich maar heel zelden voor. 65 miljoen jaar geleden veroorzaakte een planeto\u00efde van 10 km in doorsnee een explosie die groter was dan die van alle atoombommen samen. Ze sloeg een krater van 180 kilometer in Mexico en het as verspreidde zich over de hele wereld. Overal ontstonden branden, gevolgd door duister en extreme kou. Dat was het einde van de dinosaurussen.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earth is a moving target in a shooting gallery. Almost every day, a small chunk of space rock passes within a few million kilometres of the planet \u2013 often unseen. 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