Cosmic Queries: Defending our Planet, with Bill Nye

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🗓️ 17 November 2017

⏱️ 48 minutes

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The universe is a hostile place. What would we do if a planet-destroying asteroid or comet strike were imminent? Do we have plans in place? Bill Nye and comic co-host Chuck Nice are back to answer fan-submitted Cosmic Queries about defending the Earth. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free. Find out more here: https://www.startalkradio.net/all-access/cosmic-queries-defending-our-planet-with-bill-nye/

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:05.0	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:10.6	Star Talk begins right now.
0:21.6	Welcome to Star Talk All Stars.
0:23.3	I'm your All Star host of the evening, Bill Nye.
0:26.5	I'm here with my co-host, the remarkable and exciting Chuck Nye.
0:30.8	Hey, Bill.
0:31.8	And on this episode of All Stars Chuck, we're talking about planetary defense.
0:36.7	Ice.
0:37.7	Defending the Earth.
0:39.9	I did not know that we need defending from an asteroid.
0:42.8	Are they defending our honor?
0:44.6	No, it's an asteroid.
0:45.6	It's just astro.
0:46.6	In commets.
0:47.6	So the oak and comets.
0:48.6	Yeah.
0:49.6	Which in some level are hard to distinguish.
0:51.3	But the universe is a hostile place.
0:53.4	Can be.
0:54.4	Yeah.
0:55.4	No evidence whatsoever that the ancient dinosaurs had a space program.
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