Channel: SciShow Space

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Description: 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 ---------- Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: patreon.com/SciShowSpace ---------- 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! ---------- 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 ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: scishowtangents.org Facebook: facebook.com/scishow Twitter: twitter.com/scishow Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- 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 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