About this episode
The episode explores the origins of life and the potential threat of asteroid collisions with Earth.
How did life originate? Did it form on Earth or elsewhere in the solar system and was it seeded on Earth by impact of an asteroid? Will life eventually be wiped out by an asteroid? While we may never know the answers to these questions, scientists are attempting to study as much as possible about the origins of life and the possibilities of future asteroid collisions with the Earth.
Topics covered
- life origin
- asteroids
- solar system
- future collisions
Keywords
- Osiris Rex
- Apophis
- impact
- Earth
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Earth
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