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Neil DeGrasse Tyson - Death By Giant Meteor

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/02/19/Neil... astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson discusses Apophis, a large asteroid forecast to pass dangerously close to the Earth in the year 2029.-----Neil DeGrasse Tyson discusses "Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandries."Whether discussing the universe's origins as host of NOVA's "scienceNOW" or asserting that Pluto is a not a planet on "The Colbert Report," astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson translates the universe's complexities for a broad audience.Known as the great explainer of all things cosmic, Tyson first became known in the astronomy community by lecturing on the subject at the age of fifteen. He is currently the director of New York's Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History, where he also teaches. Tyson has written seven popular books including the bestselling Death by Black Hole and the memoir The Sky Is Not The Limit.His professional research explores star formation, dwarf galaxies, exploding stars, and the structure of the Milky Way, topics which he writes about in his long running "Universe" column in Natural History magazine. Tyson's varied honors include the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal and People Magazine's 2000 "Sexiest Astrophysicist Alive" - City Arts & LecturesRyan Wyatt is a science visualizer for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. A longtime planetarian, he is actively involved in promoting fulldome video technology within the planetarium community. He manages the Fulldome Mailing List and also maintain web pages related to standards development for fulldome video. His work at the Museum relates strongly to the Hayden Planetarium's Digital Universe dataset, with an emphasis on creating content for the planetarium "space shows," including Cosmic Collisions and The Search for Life.

Channel: Science & Technology
Uploaded: March 12, 2008 at 6:45 pm
Author: ForaTv

Length: 07:05
Rating: 4.89
Views: 8729

Tags: apophis  asteroids  astronomy  colbert  crater  earth  impact  meteors  nasa  planet  report  science  shower  space  stars  universe  

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tphill1047 (October 10, 2008 at 12:15 am)
Yow! Great teaching; can't wait to show this to my science classes. Stories are a great way to pull students in!
anudeeptoora (October 1, 2008 at 10:48 pm)
lol right on
akvalues (September 23, 2008 at 4:44 am)
GROW UP!
VodkaAce (September 19, 2008 at 9:47 pm)
Hopefully all the liberal idiots and Hollywood left wing celebs still live in abundance there in 2037
throughadversity (September 11, 2008 at 5:51 pm)
what if it was to narrowly miss it, but we send...say a few nukes to knock it off course and put it back into the collision course?
2pac4lano91 (August 16, 2008 at 6:45 pm)
i dont think some one is listening to you lmao
2pac4lano91 (August 16, 2008 at 6:44 pm)
lol
snidelywhiplash (July 28, 2008 at 3:15 pm)
You ask me, I don't think we should wait for the sumbitch to "thread the keyhole." Start working on deflecting that thing NOW.
therightnowkid (July 12, 2008 at 1:41 pm)
4:37 SURFS UP PEEPS!!!
khoavuong (July 11, 2008 at 5:18 am)
He's adorable, even when he's discussing our imminent demise.

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