Asteroids have been hitting our earth for around Four Billion years. Most famously, the Chicxulub Asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs and transformed life on this planet. On 15 february 2013, a 10,000 Ton Asteroid entered the atmosphere over the russian city of chelyabinsk. It exploded with 30 times the energy of an atomic bomb, injuring 1,600 people. And we didnt see it coming. Professor Alan Fitzsimmons is an expert in the Observation And Measurement of asteroids. Hes one of the scientists trying to make sure we dont miss the next big impact. Now, i want to start with some jargon busting, because theres a lot of stuff out there. Theres asteroids, theres comets. Can you take us through that . Sure. Asteroids, like good Old Bennu here, are objects, rocky objects that orbit the sun. We also have comets, of course. Comets have a lot of ice in them. Now, if that asteroid enters the earths atmosphere, then we see it glowing as a Meteor Or Shooting star. If they make it to the ground, that is
but before all of that on the to look at the six nominated buildings. while, this is incredible. coming here and being like i walk past people know that i do from home and i go to university now and they are like that s where you study? and i say yeah, it s so cool. like that s where you study? and i say yeah, it s so cool. some of the success of say yeah, it s so cool. some of the success of what say yeah, it s so cool. some of the success of what the say yeah, it s so cool. some of the success of what the team - say yeah, it s so cool. some of the success of what the team has - success of what the team has achieved success of what the team has achieved here if a building that is simultaneously foreground and background. it s a visitor experience. and yet, it s the background and backdrop to a beautiful landscape setting. was there a moment beautiful landscape setting. there a moment when you thought you wish you never started this? fit wish you never started t
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will also see religious leaders from otherfaiths play a part for the first time. now on bbc news, extreme conservation: the maldives. i m michaela strachan, a wildlife presenter with a passion for conservation. for the past 35 years, my work has taken me all over the world and in that time, i ve seen huge changes many due to climate change. in extreme conservation, we travel to different countries, meeting inspirational people. hello! ..with new ideas. this time, i m in the maldives. this seems like paradise but behind all the beauty and the luxury lodges lies a very real and looming threat, and that s climate change, which is literally washing these stunning coral islands off the map. as soon as they realise i m from the maldives, they re like, oh, when is it sinking? i got to get there before it sinks. the maldives needs solutions, and it needs them fast. our islands are eroding at an alarming rate. we depend solely on our coral reefs for income, for protection, and fo