Asteroids Headed Towards Earth with Rick Binzel

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🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

How likely is an asteroid to impact Earth? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice sit down with planetary scientist Rick Binzel, the creator of the Torino Scale, to discuss asteroid hazards, the results of the asteroid sample return, and the search for Planet 9.

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0:00.0	It's not every day you get to talk to someone who invented a hazard scale.
0:05.3	Yeah.
0:05.8	And studied the asteroid, has an asteroid named after him.
0:09.9	Right.
0:10.6	And that's my man.
0:12.7	Yep.
0:13.0	And that is this show.
0:14.1	And you will find out we are all going to die.
0:18.7	Eventually.
0:20.1	Coming up on StarTalk.
0:24.1	Welcome to StarTalk.
0:26.8	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:32.9	StarTalk begins right now.
0:38.6	This is StarTalk.
0:41.0	Neil deGrasse Tyson, your personal astrophysicist.
0:43.6	Got with me, Chuck Knight.
0:44.5	Chuck Baby.
0:45.0	Hey, what's happening, man?
0:46.0	All right, co-host, comedian.
0:47.6	Yes.
0:48.3	You know what we're going to talk about today?
0:49.4	What?
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