Neil DeGrasse Tyson - How to Deflect a Killer Asteroid

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Celebrity astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson describes one possible solution for altering the trajectory of an earthbound asteroid.

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Neil DeGrasse Tyson discusses "Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandries."

Whether discussing the universe's origins as host of NOVA's "scienceNOW" or asserting that Pluto is a not a planet on "The Colbert Report," astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson translates the universe's complexities for a broad audience.

Known as the great explainer of all things cosmic, Tyson first became known in the astronomy community by lecturing on the subject at the age of fifteen. He is currently the director of New York's Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History, where he also teaches. Tyson has written seven popular books including the bestselling Death by Black Hole and the memoir The Sky Is Not The Limit.

His professional research explores star formation, dwarf galaxies, exploding stars, and the structure of the Milky Way, topics which he writes about in his long running "Universe" column in Natural History magazine. Tyson's varied honors include the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal and People Magazine's 2000 "Sexiest Astrophysicist Alive" - City Arts & Lectures

Ryan Wyatt is a science visualizer for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. A longtime planetarian, he is actively involved in promoting fulldome video technology within the planetarium community. He manages the Fulldome Mailing List and also maintain web pages related to standards development for fulldome video. His work at the Museum relates strongly to the Hayden Planetarium's Digital Universe dataset, with an emphasis on creating content for the planetarium "space shows," including Cosmic Collisions and The Search for Life.

Channel: Science & Technology
Uploaded: March 12, 2008 at 2:54 pm
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Length: 00:05:08
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Hauntedman1 (November 15, 2008 at 7:39 am)
lolz that was awesome for a scientist he is sure funny :D
ALiiA24 (October 22, 2008 at 6:42 am)
sometimes I think muh boobz are 2 big. LOL

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fucksatanism (September 8, 2008 at 8:49 am)
I don't think I like this guy. Celebrity and astrophysicist really shouldn't go hand in hand. He reminds me of theamazingatheist.
esauofrensfal (September 9, 2008 at 10:15 pm)
Wow, way to make a snap judgment.

This guy is one of the foremost physicists of his generation, (if not the formost) listen to what he has to say before getting upset that he's a scientist.
fucksatanism (September 10, 2008 at 7:00 am)
I'm not upset. I have listened to what he has to say, i'm not saying that he's not a foremost physicist...
HandsomeJimK (September 4, 2008 at 7:24 pm)
This guy is a genius...he's of the same fabric as Carl Sagan..these guys are so above our mental "pay scale". Hes breakin things down in simple terms but is quite impressive if ya read up on him and his theoretics.

On a downside, I feel like Im watchin a Tarantino flick with this one view of a 2 person conversation. Eventho its about Neil, I just want to see the face of the annoying slow talking Dennis Miller sound-a-like whos voice is like nails on the chalkboard.
shoto604 (August 17, 2008 at 12:41 am)
Read his book. He's a fucking genius, you klan hood toting piece of shit.
Islandfad (August 16, 2008 at 2:18 am)
haha, I love this guy
piratebri (August 11, 2008 at 12:31 am)
Anyone see Tyson's C-SPAN2 special for his Death by a Black Hole book? It was awesome. He touched on this Apophis stuff in the Q&A and said the same thing about deflecting it. He also described what it would be like if Apophis went through the keyhole and impacted off the west coast of the US. It sounds awesome!
piratebri (August 11, 2008 at 12:29 am)
wtf you talking about? deGrasse Tyson is massively knowledgeable about the Universe. Have you read any of his many papers? Or books? Or are you just some closet bigot spouting off racist remarks over the anonymity of YouTube? I'm leaning towards the latter. Go away douchebag.