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The most destructive impact releases energy equivalent tosix million megatons of TNT......

Nova • S46E14 • 1974
The most destructive impact releases energy equivalent to
six million megatons of TNT... leaving behind a giant
dark cloud 7,500 miles across. By capturing objects and
incinerating them on impact, Jupiter protects us from bodies that might otherwise
threaten Earth

Full Transcript

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The most destructive impact
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releases energy equivalent to six million megatons of TNT...
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leaving behind a giant dark cloud 7,500 miles across.
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By capturing objects and incinerating them on impact,
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Jupiter protects us from bodies
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that might otherwise threaten Earth.
Duration
30 seconds
Views
121
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:21
Uploaded
Aug 27, 2023
Season
46
Episode
14
Genres
documentary

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Science documentaries about various topics.
S50 • E15 NARRATOR: The planet we have transformed now supports more than eight billion people. - Nova 00:38
NARRATOR: The planet we have transformed now supports more...
S46 • E12 Huygens survives for just a few hours, - Nova 00:12
Huygens survives for just a few hours,
S46 • E13 It's this critical size difference - Nova 00:10
It's this critical size difference
S46 • E22 Readers of literary fiction score consistently higher. - Nova 00:25
Readers of literary fiction score consistently higher.
S46 • E13 Four-and-a-half billion years ago, - Nova 00:26
Four-and-a-half billion years ago,
S50 • E02 To be honest, I feel a bit stress, uh, stress, but I am confident. - Nova 00:07
To be honest, I feel a bit stress, uh, stress, but I am...
S48 • E17 Like the sun, - Nova 00:07
Like the sun,
S46 • E12 But the probe's mother ship, Cassini, - Nova 00:20
But the probe's mother ship, Cassini,
S50 • E02 BOULEY: I think that we are ready with the computer, with the telescope, but we hope that the sky will be the same during the next two hours. - Nova 00:12
BOULEY: I think that we are ready with the computer, with...
S50 • E02 I'm nervous, I can't hide it. - Nova 00:39
I'm nervous, I can't hide it.
S46 • E12 Our first glimpse of liquid pooling - Nova 00:08
Our first glimpse of liquid pooling
S46 • E13 Emerging as mature planets, - Nova 00:09
Emerging as mature planets,
S47 • E08 Back in Iowa, the nest remains empty. - Nova 00:27
Back in Iowa, the nest remains empty.
S48 • E20 Black holes ain't as black as they are painted. - Nova 00:26
Black holes ain't as black as they are painted.
S46 • E13 But while Mars appears to be thriving, - Nova 00:19
But while Mars appears to be thriving,
S50 • E08 Taaniela will use a drone to investigate the active cone. - Nova 00:22
Taaniela will use a drone to investigate the active cone.
S50 • E11 LYONS: And as oxygen began to increase in the atmosphere, the relatively minor elements that are essential for all the processes of life became more abundant. - Nova 00:21
LYONS: And as oxygen began to increase in the atmosphere,...
S50 • E01 And we're on our way to Stratford. - Nova 00:52
And we're on our way to Stratford.
S50 • E02 BOULEY: Yes, man. - Nova 00:55
BOULEY: Yes, man.
S50 • E13 NARRATOR: And the impact was dramatic. - Nova 00:11
NARRATOR: And the impact was dramatic.