I think people love this kind of stories, especially considering 99% of the populace doesn't look up or isn't really interested in anything else but what's happening at ground level or on facebook. So anything goes really. You could create mass hysteria overnight just saying that a massive rock is going to fall on our head tomorrow. TBH in retrospect before getting interested in astronomy and learning a bit more I might have believed some of the stories you get in the media at times.
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