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Space: Doomsday Asteroid
With thousands of asteroids, comets and other near-Earth object buzzing by our planet, Jorge Ribas finds out how we can avoid the same fate as the dinosaurs.
Added: Apr 16, 2009
Views: 220484 Views
Runtime: 03:03
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