# How to defend Earth from asteroids

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxBoulder 2011
- Speaker: Phil Plait
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Astronomy and space
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/phil_plait_how_to_defend_earth_from_asteroids)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What's six miles wide and can end civilization in an instant? An asteroid -- and there are lots of them out there. With humor and great visuals, Phil Plait shows us all the ways asteroids can kill us (yipes), and what we must do to avoid them.

## Lectures

1. [How to defend Earth from asteroids](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/phil_plait_how_to_defend_earth_from_asteroids/9fb21db2a378), 14 min (TED's player)