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
Good evening. A Doctor Who treated Valdo Calocane, Who fatally stabbed three people in nottingham, Warned three years before the attacks that his Mental Illness Was so severe he could end up killing someone. Calocane s Mother And Brother have told Bbc Panorama that this Was one of a series of missed opportunities that could have prevented the killings. Calocane Was sentenced to an indefinite Hospital Order for the manslaughter of caretaker Ian Coates and students Barnaby Webber and Grace Omalley Kumar last year. Our correspondent Navtej Johal reports. For so long We had thought that it Would end in tragedy. But i thought the tragedy Would be him taking his oWn life, and it Was, like, infinitely Worse than that. The family of Valdo Calocane are talking publicly for the first time. In 2023, he fatally stabbed students Barnaby Webber and Grace Omalley Kumar, and School Caretaker Ian Coates. He also seriously injured three others by driving into them. Valdo calocane Was convicted of mansla
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Data predollar katie pavlich, peter, brian kilmeade, and greg gutfeld. Its 5 00 in new york city, and this is the five. Kamala harris about to meet with israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a day after she snubbed his big speech to congress. Earlier the Vice President condemned the prohamas agitators who were Burning American Flags and Vandalizing Federal Property and monuments in d. C. It was a paper statement. She said despicable acts by unpatriotic protesters and dangerous hatefueled rhetoric. That might have been helpful yesterday. Check this out. The Prohamas Crowd was terrorizing the streets while israels Prime Minister was addressing congress be a look at this chaos. [bleep]. [bleep]. [bleep]. [indistinct shouting] [bleep]. [bleep]. Dana and top democrats acting like they didnt help light the fuse. Its likely to me than any other protesters associate with the left wing of the democratic party when these are individuals who have been aggressively protesting members of the h