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Asteroid
A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Asteroid.
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Video playlists about Asteroid
7 talks
What’s really floating out in space?
The answer is satellites, stars, planets, asteroids and maybe even aliens.
Talks about Asteroid
13:42
Mike Brown
The search for our solar system's ninth planet
13 minutes 42 seconds
13:14
Karen J. Meech
The story of 'Oumuamua, the first visitor from another star system
13 minutes 14 seconds
05:56
Carrie Nugent
Adventures of an asteroid hunter
5 minutes 56 seconds
15:40
Kenneth Lacovara
Hunting for dinosaurs showed me our place in the universe
15 minutes 40 seconds
17:37
Fred Jansen
How to land on a comet
17 minutes 37 seconds
03:16
Ron Shaneyfelt
Is space trying to kill us?
3 minutes 16 seconds
13:59
Phil Plait
How to defend Earth from asteroids
13 minutes 59 seconds
29:28
Stephen Petranek
10 ways the world could end
29 minutes 28 seconds
