If an asteroid is coming for Earth… what would we really do?
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Cleo, end of this year please do a 2026 recap in optimistic science and tech. You can even include tech that you didn’t have time to include in a video. So far, no big YouTuber has done that and I think you’re the best person to be doing this. Thanks!
Your enthusiasm makes planet killing asteroids seem fun. Also having Mark read the doom of mankind is hilarious. He has the perfect Dad voice of disappointment and doom. I love that you both worked on this video. Also congratulations on your discovery! ☄️
6:12 Thank you for placing the planet killer in Sweden. I am from Finland, and I can appreciate the fact (I am even more capable of appreciation if it was fiction) that I outlived the Swedes by a few microseconds.
Excellent video! I am a physicist, and for some reason it never occurred to me that a blown-up asteroid would come together again under its own gravity; that was a revelation.
21:13 "I know it might be hard to see sometimes, but there are people all around the world working together to protect us all" This was so comforting to hear with all this hate and division in this world. I strongly believe that we all have huge potential to be kind and empathetic to each other and be so much stronger together!
I'm an asteroid observer from the McCarthy Observatory in Connecticut (IAU code 932). Having submitted over 700 asteroid observations to the Minor Planet Center, THANK YOU for covering this super important topic! It is by far one of the most comprehensive and accurate videos explaining everything from the potentially catastrophic damage asteroids can do, to the discovery and tracking process, to the potential mitigation plans. Very well done!
So which option would you pick?? Tell me in the comments, no spoilers!
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Humans "We punch them in the face"
And the guy just looking at the image of an asteroid and was spot on about the size 😂
"Literally the Defender of Earth"
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