What would we do if an enormous asteroid was on a collision course with Earth? In this video from Business Insider and StarTalk Radio, astrophysicist Neil discusses some of the ideas on the table, from blowing them up with nuclear missiles to his favorite, gravitational tractor beams. He also looks at President Obama’s plan to “lasso an asteroid” as a first step to dealing with the danger when the time comes.

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