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If you think punching an asteroid to knock it off the course to Earth’s destruction is purely for science fiction, you might only be right a for a little longer! Plus, scientists are being thrown for a loop with the orbits of planets around a star in the constellation Pisces.
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Sources:
nasa.gov/planetarydefense/dart
phys.org/news/2021-10-video-nasa-scientist-asteroid-earth.html
phys.org/news/2021-11-nasa-deflect-asteroid-planetary-defense.html
sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211027122107.htm
aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2021/10/aa41527-21/aa41527-21.html
nytimes.com/2021/11/06/science/perpendicular-planets-star-system.html
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ac0f03
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8205/829/1/L9/meta
eos.org/articles/peculiar-planets-prefer-perpendicular-paths aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2019/11/aa35944-19.pdf
planetary.org/articles/color-shifting-stars-the-radial-velocity-method
Image Credits:
storyblocks.com/video/stock/a-stylized-animated-background-of-a-meteor-heading-for-a-dramatic-collision-with-the-earths-north-pole-sgmthv24-j4t6xq6y
nasa.gov/planetarydefense/dart
istockphoto.com/photo/asteroid-in-outer-space-with-moon-background-gm1286250317-382815858
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Infographic_showing_the_effect_of_DART%27s_impact_on_the_orbit_of_Didymos_B.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_IRAM_30-meter_telescope.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DART-Illustration-revised.jpg
https://dart.jhuapl.edu/Gallery/index.php
storyblocks.com/video/stock/solar-system-animation-sesb1cjuukob5ywum
exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanet-catalog/7332/hd-3167-d
eso.org/public/images/eso1016a
nasaviz.gsfc.nasa.gov/12278
aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2021/10/aa41527-21/aa41527-21.html
istockphoto.com/photo/astronomer-with-a-telescope-watching-at-the-stars-and-moon-my-astronomy-work-gm1200892456-344145307
flickr.com/photos/nasahubble/50174348192
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BrownDwarf-Illustration.jpg
nasa.gov/content/nasa-reveals-mysteries-of-interstellar-space
If you think punching an asteroid to knock it off the course to Earth’s destruction is purely for science fiction, you might only be right a for a little longer! Plus, scientists are being thrown for a loop with the orbits of planets around a star in the constellation Pisces.
Hosted By: Hank Green
SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at tiktok.com/@scishow
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Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: GrowingViolet, Jason A Saslow, Heriberto Bustos, and David Brooks!
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Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: dftba.com/scishow
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Sources:
nasa.gov/planetarydefense/dart
phys.org/news/2021-10-video-nasa-scientist-asteroid-earth.html
phys.org/news/2021-11-nasa-deflect-asteroid-planetary-defense.html
sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211027122107.htm
aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2021/10/aa41527-21/aa41527-21.html
nytimes.com/2021/11/06/science/perpendicular-planets-star-system.html
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ac0f03
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8205/829/1/L9/meta
eos.org/articles/peculiar-planets-prefer-perpendicular-paths aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2019/11/aa35944-19.pdf
planetary.org/articles/color-shifting-stars-the-radial-velocity-method
Image Credits:
storyblocks.com/video/stock/a-stylized-animated-background-of-a-meteor-heading-for-a-dramatic-collision-with-the-earths-north-pole-sgmthv24-j4t6xq6y
nasa.gov/planetarydefense/dart
istockphoto.com/photo/asteroid-in-outer-space-with-moon-background-gm1286250317-382815858
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Infographic_showing_the_effect_of_DART%27s_impact_on_the_orbit_of_Didymos_B.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_IRAM_30-meter_telescope.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DART-Illustration-revised.jpg
https://dart.jhuapl.edu/Gallery/index.php
storyblocks.com/video/stock/solar-system-animation-sesb1cjuukob5ywum
exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanet-catalog/7332/hd-3167-d
eso.org/public/images/eso1016a
nasaviz.gsfc.nasa.gov/12278
aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2021/10/aa41527-21/aa41527-21.html
istockphoto.com/photo/astronomer-with-a-telescope-watching-at-the-stars-and-moon-my-astronomy-work-gm1200892456-344145307
flickr.com/photos/nasahubble/50174348192
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BrownDwarf-Illustration.jpg
nasa.gov/content/nasa-reveals-mysteries-of-interstellar-space
