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Is space trying to kill us? - Ron Shaneyfelt

2013-05-28

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How likely is it that a massive asteroid will do major damage to Earth and its inhabitants? What about the sun -- is it dying out anytime soon? And the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way -- should we be worried about that? Ron Shaneyfelt assesses the dangers of space.

Lesson by Ron Shaneyfelt, animation by Retchy.


Intro
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Space is trying to kill us
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What can space do to me
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What are the odds
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Asteroids
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Sun
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Magnetic field
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Supermassive black hole
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