The Science Guy offers some advice about protecting the planet against an asteroid

Jul 24, 2013 16:36 GMT  ·  By

Bill Nye the Science Guy's latest video offers some info about how we could protect our planet against an asteroid that is dead set on destroying it.

Cause, you know, the dinosaurs did nothing and things didn't really work out in their favor.

As Bill Nye points out, some asteroids don't constitute a threat to our planet. This is because they are fairly small, and disintegrate in our planet's atmosphere long before they can cause any noteworthy damage.

What we need to worry about are big asteroids that can survive the long journey towards Earth, and still pack enough force to shake things up when they reach us.

Rockets and laser beams would probably help us destroy them before they can destroy us, Bill Nye says. Check out the video above to learn how we should use them.

I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did.