This space documentary says: Just one asteroid strike on Earth could make humanity extinct
According to Asteroid Rush, a two-part documentary, just like the dinosaurs, an asteroid strike is enough to wipe out all of humanity from Earth. But how likely is it?
It’s no secret that 66 million years ago, an asteroid hit the Earth, causing most of the dinosaurs to become extinct. It even caused the mini ice age and left the Earth frozen for a long time. But what is surprising is that the asteroid that caused all this damage is only 10 km large. The scale of this is perhaps the scariest aspect. An upcoming space documentary titled Asteroid Rush has released a new trailer highlighting the same danger currently lurking around all of humanity. Just one asteroid strike could wipe us all out and send Earth back to another ice age. But the only question that remains is how likely it is to happen and is there a way to protect us from such a grim fate? Read to find out.
Space documentary shows that an asteroid strike is enough to wipe humanity off Earth
The documentary Asteroid Rush is a two-part series, each one hour long. The first part focuses on the risks from asteroids and the possibility of an asteroid hitting Earth. It also highlights what nations are doing to protect the common planet from any such incidents. The second part takes a different approach and presents asteroids as early remnants of the solar system that still carry information from the time when the Earth was not fully formed. Scientists believe that studying this information will help uncover the secret behind human origins.
The documentary will be released on the Curiosity channel on June 9. For now, there’s an exclusive trailer for the documentary that can be viewed on Space.com. Click this to watch the video.
What is the probability of an asteroid strike on Earth?
According to NASA, a collision event (the event that a large asteroid hits Earth) is less likely to happen at least this century. The Planetary Defense Coordination Office or PDCO is constantly monitoring more than 20,000 near-Earth objects (NEOs) and according to different patterns, no asteroids are predicted to hit us. The highest probability is given to an asteroid named 2010 RF 12, which is a 7 meter wide asteroid. It has a 5% chance of hitting Earth in 2095.
However, predictive modeling can only be based on past data and its stability. But since we know so little about the universe, a slight collision in the asteroid belt or a random gravitational redirection to an asteroid could easily change everything and leave us vulnerable. labour. And that is why constant monitoring is essential.
