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Description: An apocalyptic asteroid is on a collision course with our wonderful little planet! What do we do? Use my code 'DEBUNKED' and get AtlasVPN for 82% OFF + 30 days money back guarantee: atlasv.pn/DEBUNKED Should we send up some plucky self sacrificing heroes, or drones, to drill into the thing and blow it to pieces, or fire off as many nukes as we can to knock the speeding rock off course? Or is it all just Hollywood nonsense? Is there anything we can actually do? CREDITS: Stu K - Researcher | Writer | Editor | Illustrator | Presenter Robin M - Researcher | Writer Ross G - Editor | Animator Thanks to our ever loyal Patreon Supporters. NANCY L (PRINCIPAL DEBUNKER) MELISSA MACPHERSON (SENIOR DEBUNKER) SEB T (SENIOR DEBUNKER) SAM T (SENIOR DEBUNKER) STEVE BRADSHAW CHRIS THOMPSON MARTIN RUFFELL And all our OFFICIAL and JUNIOR DEBUNKERS! Sources: NASA nasa.gov/planetarydefense/faq nasa.gov/planetarydefense/overview nasa.gov/planetarydefense/did-you-know solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/asteroids/in-depth solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/in-depth ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=136795&view=OPC nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-analysis-earth-is-safe-from-asteroid-apophis-for-100-plus-years BBC bbc.com/future/article/20160510-what-we-would-actually-do-to-stop-a-doomsday-asteroid bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-59939577 SPACE.COM space.com/asteroid-threat-simulation-nasa-deflection-idea.html space.com/dinosaur-impactor-origin#:~:text=Sixty%2Dsix%20million%20years%20ago,and%20leading%20to%20their%20extinction NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC nationalgeographic.com/science/article/giant-asteroid-nasa-dart-deflection ASTRONOMY MAGAZINE astronomy.com/news/2020/12/common-misconceptions-about-doomsday-asteroid-impacts NEW SCIENTIST newscientist.com/article/dn14414-gravity-tractor-could-deflect-asteroids DISCOVER MAGAZINE discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/were-coming-for-the-asteroids-are-the-asteroids-also-coming-for-us WIRED wired.com/2013/02/painting-asteroids SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/only-person-ever-hit-meteorite-real-trouble-began-later-180961238 MINOR PLANET CENTER minorplanetcenter.net/mpc/summary WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM weforum.org/agenda/2021/07/asteroids-earth-space-danger-commets-nasa#:~:text=There%20are%2026%2C115%20asteroids%20that,Near%20Earth%20Asteroids%20(NEAs). earthsky.org/space/what-is-the-asteroid-belt “PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF THE NUCLEAR CYCLER CONCEPT” THIRY, N.; TARDIOLI, C.; VASILE, M. iaaspace.org/wp-content/uploads/iaa/Scientific%20Activity/conf/pdc2015/IAA-PDC-15-P-78pa.pdf PLANETARY.ORG planetary.org/articles/will-apophis-hit-earth UNITED NATIONS unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/spacelaw/treaties/introouterspacetreaty.html CHICXULUB IMPACTOR lpi.usra.edu/science/kring/Chicxulub/regional-effects nhm.ac.uk/discover/how-an-asteroid-caused-extinction-of-dinosaurs.html BARRINGER astronomy.com/bonus/crater