Name: Adventures of an asteroid hunter
Uploaded: 2017-03-14T14:38:51Z
Duration: 5 min 56 s
Description: TED Fellow Carrie Nugent is an asteroid hunter -- part of a group of scientists working to discover and catalog our oldest and most numerous cosmic neighbors. Why keep an eye out for asteroids? In this short, fact-filled talk, Nugent explains how their awesome impacts have shaped our planet, and how finding them at the right time could mean nothing less than saving life on Earth.

TED Fellow Carrie Nugent is an asteroid hunter -- part of a group of scientists working to discover and catalog our oldest and most numerous cosmic neighbors. Why keep an eye out for asteroids? In this short, fact-filled talk, Nugent explains how their awesome impacts have shaped our planet, and how finding them at the right time could mean nothing less than saving life on Earth.

Carrie Nugent: Adventures of an asteroid hunter

Adventures of an asteroid hunter

A fragment of an asteroid, a relic over four billion years old, offers a unique glimpse into our solar system's infancy.

Understanding and preventing asteroid impacts is a testament to human capability, emphasizing our role as guardians of Earth's future.

Unveiling asteroids' ancient origins, their potential catastrophic impacts, and human efforts to predict and prevent them.