Odds of asteroid hitting Mars upgraded
Last week scientists gave 75:1 odds that asteroid 2007 WD5 would hit Mars next month. However, they revised those odds after a Ph.D. student went and looked at pictures of the sky where the asteroid had been before it had been discovered. He plotted its trajectory, and this new information allowed scientists to improve their calculations of the asteroids orbit and flight path. So, they now give 25:1 odds that there’s an asteroid impact in Mars’ future.
Read CBS News’ take on it here.
