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David Jewitt Talks About Asteroids with Activity

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https://youtu.be/kyii9S0Vt8E Classically asteroids are considered to be just rocks, and comets to display evaporation of gases and dust release, making impressive comas and tails. However, this picture has changed in…

First Interstellar Asteroid Wows Scientists

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https://youtu.be/fbL1ZoAQgUU Scientists were surprised and delighted to detect –for the first time– an interstellar asteroid passing through our solar system. Additional observations brought more surprises: the object is cigar-shaped with…

Changing the Course of the Solar System – Dr. Ed Lu At TEDxMarin

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https://youtu.be/KAlF4xxRTwI A NASA Astronaut — with a compelling new mission to change the course of the solar system. Dr. Lu served as a NASA Astronaut for 12 years. He flew…

Defending Earth from Asteroids with Neil DeGrasse Tyson

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There are about a million near-Earth asteroids that are large enough to substantially damage or destroy a major city, as evidenced by the explosion over Chelyabinsk, Russia, in February 2013…

Death by Giant Meteor – Neil DeGrasse Tyson

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https://youtu.be/xaW4Ol3_M1o Celebrity astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson discusses Apophis, a large asteroid forecast to pass dangerously close to the Earth in the year 2029. —– Neil DeGrasse Tyson discusses “Death by…