Here’s how an asteroid impact would kill you
Winds and shock waves are most deadly, computer simulations of 1.2 million hits suggest

DEATH FROM THE SKIES Computer simulations reveal that most of the lethality of an earthbound asteroid (illustrated) comes from gusting winds and shock waves.
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