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LA Invasion

What would aliens look like if they were to invade Earth? Phil Plait explains the different scenarios of an alien invasion.

Playlists

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  • Play Bad Universe: Alien Attack
    14 Clips Playlist Bad Universe: Alien Attack

    (29:37)

    Fearless junk science detractor Phil Plait explores what it would take for a deadly alien visitation to happen on Earth, as well as answer that age old question: Are we alone?
  • Play Bad Universe
    5 Clips Playlist Bad Universe: Asteroid...

    (13:13)

    65 million years ago, an asteroid bigger than Mount Everest slammed into the Earth wiping out the dinosaurs. Are we in for the same fate? Phil Plait investigates the possibility and tests some explosive measures that may just save our planet.
  • Play MythBusters: Comic Con 2010
    7 Clips Playlist Comic Con 2010

    Mythbusters (11:32)

    See how the MythBusters answered Comic Con 2010 audience member questions about everything from video-game myths to having kids.

Discovery Channel Clips

  • Play Curiosity: What is NASA doing to protect us from asteroid impacts? What is NASA doing to protect us from asteroid impacts? The Director of the Planetary Science Division at NASA, James Green, explains what NASA is doing to protect us from asteroid impacts in this Curiosity video.
  • Play Curiosity: Michio Kaku: First Contact
    Michio Kaku: First Contact

    Curiosity (01:32)

    Michio Kaku discusses "first contact" in this Curiosity video.
  • Play UFOs Over Phoenix: The V-Shaped Object
    The V-Shaped Object

    UFOs Over Phoenix (03:03)

    A mysterious "V" shaped object passed over Phoenix in the early evening. It was seen by thousands of people.
  • Play Curiosity: Global Invasion
    Global Invasion

    Curiosity (02:21)

    If aliens existed and they wanted to invade our planet, there would most likely be a global attack according to the experts in this Curiosity video.
  • Play UFOs Over Phoenix: Video Analysts Examine a UFO Sighting
    Video Analysts Examine a UFO...

    UFOs Over Phoenix (02:51)

    Are these flares behind a mountain range, or UFOs vanishing?
  • Play Curiosity: Counter Attack
    Counter Attack

    Curiosity (02:14)

    In this Curiosity video we ask if aliens invaded our planet, would we be ready for a counter attack?
  • Play Bad Universe: Asteroid Impact Simulation
    Asteroid Impact Simulation

    Bad Universe (02:17)

    Phil sets up an explosive asteroid impact simulation.
  • Play Last Day of the Dinosaurs: Wrong Place at the Right Time
    Wrong Place at the Right Time

    Last Day of the Dinosaurs (01:41)

    The moon has saved the Earth on countless occasions. Unfortunately for the dinosaurs, the moon couldn't be at the right place at the right time.
  • Play Last Day of the Dinosaurs: Mass x Acceleration = Force
    Mass x Acceleration = Force

    Last Day of the Dinosaurs (01:26)

    If the dinosaurs had any knowledge of physics, could they have avoided their catastrophic fate?
  • Play Prehistoric Disasters clips: Another Ice Age
    Another Ice Age

    Prehistoric Disasters clips (01:29)

    What would happen if the Earth experienced another ice age?
  • Play Last Day of the Dinosaurs: A Storm is Coming
    A Storm is Coming

    Last Day of the Dinosaurs (02:00)

    While the cycles of life and death flowed on Earth 65 million years ago, unbeknownst to the living things on the surface, death lurks in the ionosphere.
  • Play Curiosity: Jill Tarter: Earthings and Aliens
    Jill Tarter: Earthings and...

    Curiosity (04:22)

    The Director of the Center for SETI Research at the SETI Institute, Jill Tarter, discusses what earthlings should say to aliens in this Curiosity video.
 

Phil Plait uncovers the secrets behind our universe, from alien attacks to asteroids he'll test the myths and theories and try to help answer that age old question -- are we alone?

 
 

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