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SPECIAL | Is Earth destined for another extinction-level asteroid event?
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:14:20
Publish Date: 2024-10-02 20:00:00
Description:

Hollywood has long been enamored with end-of-the-world science fiction where asteroids play the leading role. But the reality is that asteroids did in fact lead to the end of the non-avian dinosaur era sixty-six million years ago. Could it happen again? How at risk is mankind and what steps are scientists taking to avert a potentially catastrophic collision? Robin George Andrews, author of "How to Kill an Asteroid," joins The Excerpt to discuss how scientists are working to literally save the planet.

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