Secrets of Asteroid Bennu with Harold Connolly Jr.
4/14/20261 hr 13 min
Could the ingredients for life have arrived on asteroids? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice unpack what the sample collected from asteroid Bennu is teaching us about the origins of life itself with Harold Connolly, geologist and mission scientist for OSIRIS-REx.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson· Host1:00
Chuck, we're long overdue for devoting a show to asteroid Bennu. Not only have we been there, it has Earth in its sights as a near-Earth asteroid that might hit us in 200 years.
Speaker 51:12
As a matter of fact, gonna talk to Harold Connolly Jr., and if you wanna find out exactly when the Earth is going to be destroyed, just stay tuned. Down to the hour.
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