The Science Behind Asteroid Impacts | How The Universe Works

Asteroid impacts are one of the deadliest forces planet Earth has encountered and they have even driven species into extinction in the past. How exactly do asteroids interact with Earth during the event of an impact?

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[dat_boiijosh]

@8:50 I think they used the Minecraft water splash 🤣😂

[christianramirez]

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[ottodunker]

Anyone else hear Nasir from the dark brotherhood narrating?

[EyesOfByes]

3:33 NASA! When Covid is over, you have to invite #SlowMoGuys to that test! It's free advertisement/publicity for NASA!

[torinoburkhardt]

Americans will use anything other than the metric system; as tall as the Himalayas, 12 feet tall, 1 Washington thing

[joseg]

All of sudden they wanna drop this information knowing how 2020 is going lol 😂

[creaturemoon]

who was the narrator for this? was it Erik Dellums?

[enoymiguelandreb.]

the video was so interesting i almost forgot to read the comments 😂

[christopherskipp]

It's a hole; how awe-inspiring can it be?

[EyesOfByes]

Reminds me of that time a baseball pitcher made a bird explode mid air

[MrChongkahtze]

explaining Marco Inaros's strategy in the Expanse to my 7yo kid led me here 😆

[tinderbox]

There's still six weeks left in 2020....

[mikeynexus]

Who's watching this now for home learning in lockdown?

[defeatSpace]

Imagine living on a planet close to a black hole and having to worry about relativistic asteroids..

[Flood]

Bow wow! 3 dog bringing us the latest from GNR in downton post apocolyptia!

[abes.]

3:50 in slow motion and pause there 3:50 to see the plasma fireball.

[ekids.bassment]

What i learned from this crater is, don't dig for water in that area.... even the bottom of the crater is dry 🤣

[leeroquemore]

What I don't understand is how asteroids explode. They catch fire due to friction but is there some kind of critical mass reached? It's iron and nickel against air..

[sothathappened]

there's a simulation that makes reference to the creation of a plasma fireball and thermal radiation. why don't any of these scientists talk about that i wonder.

[tysanpagz]

Why is the impact site straight on and not an angle