At least we have one less thing to worry about.

Scientists at Princeton University recently concluded that the chances for a doomsday asteroid are not as practical as once thought.

In fact, the odds are now about one in 5,000 that a gargantuan space rock will incinerate the earth within the next 100 years.

Research on asteroids that have hit the Earth in the past – like the one that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago – shows that a collision with a large asteroid half a mile in diameter could kill a quarter of the world’s population, according to Reuters news service.

Research also has shown that such enormous asteroids strike the planet regularly – every 100 million years or so.

Astronomers, like the good people of Princeton University, monitor the skies closely to find any warning that the earth soon will come under attack by alien objects.

Using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the Princeton team, headed by researcher Zeljko Ivezic, estimated the solar system contained about 700,000 asteroids that size – about one-third the number in earlier estimates that put the number of big asteroids at about 2 million, according to Reuters.

In other words, doomsday-sayers missed the mark on this one. But it has been quite a wild ride in the mean time.

But there’s still a chance, right? Sort of, but not really.

The threat has been lifted and we can all go back to our lives. It’s time to put away the binoculars and stop straining our necks to look high to the sky.

Life must go on. But we mustn’t forget what we have learned from the asteroid threat.

And that is, well, nothing. But I guess some scientists think the dinosaurs died from it. But they’re not too sure about that either.

What the crap? Are scientists sure about anything? These types of scare tactics are nothing but publicity stunts.

And I think it’s gone too far.

Global warming, potential earthquakes and increasing hurricane activity are simply ploys by the scientific community to scare people into worshipping scientists.

And for good reason – scientists are smart, and if they have nothing to show for their brains, they have to start making things up.

How do you think they came up with the whole mad cow disease scare? Thank goodness that’s over with.

Now we can all go back to our favorite fast food chain and shove all the burgers down our collective throats without worry.

And it’s about time. I was really getting tired of ordering a Big Mac with no meat.

Try it, and you’re guaranteed a funny look.

Regardless, the new asteroid discovery appears to be a sign that scientists are going to hop off the lying train.

So the mass hysteria predicted by Hollywood’s finest in “Armageddon,” “Deep Impact” and other high-class cinema vehicles was for nothing.

I guess the gods figured we’ll do the destruction on our own.