This gives the asteroid a small kick in the opposite direction.

这为小行星提供了反方向的微弱推进力。

Blasting the asteroid, Hollywood style, could overcome these forces.

将小行星爆破——好莱坞大的一贯作风，摆脱这些引力。

At least we had an asteroid, what's your excuse?

至少恐龙可以怪小行星，你们有什么借口？

Oh, Leonard, great news. We discovered a mediumsized asteroid together.

莱纳德，好消息，我们一起发现了一颗中型小行星。

Now NASA is planning to reboot WISE to find more asteroids.

现在，NASA准备重启智慧号，让发现更多的小行星。

Can we really harness an asteroid?

我们真的控制小行星吗?

It's hoped scientists will learn more about pushing dangerous asteroids off course.

希望科学家们够更多地了解如何将危险的小行星推离轨道。

This was the asteroid that hit the earth roughly 66 million years ago.

这就是大约 6600 万年前撞击地球的小行星。

There were many planets and asteroids circling the sun.

太阳周围有多行星和小行星。

Ultimately, it would be the giant asteroid that would end the reign of the dinosaurs.

最终，一颗巨大的小行星终结了恐龙的王朝。

They believe the most likely candidates are now asteroids that formed closer to the Sun.”

他们认为最可的因素是在太阳附近形成的小行星。”

Asteroids are also called minor planets, not to be confused with dwarf planets like Pluto.

小行星又被成为微型行星，不要把它和像冥王星这样的矮行星混淆了。

Before that I was a planet and I was an asteroid.

之前我曾是行星，也曾是矮行星。

NASA didn't miss another asteroid that's headed our way.

美国国家航空航天局没有错过另一颗逼近地球的小行星。

But an asteroid zipped by us yesterday.

但是我们昨天同一颗小行星擦身而过。

Most asteroids dwell between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

大部分的小行星都位于火星和木星的轨道之间。

Fungi can release a variety of chemical-degrading enzymes capable of dissolving carbon-rich asteroids into soil.

真菌可以释放多种化学降解酶，够溶解富含碳物质的小行星为土壤。

What if there was an asteroid that was coming toward Earth, can you really stop it?

如果有一颗小行星朝地球飞来，我们真的阻止它吗？

This is a totally unregistered cross-temporal asteroid.

Jerry离了地球 五分钟也活不下去 Jerrys don't tend to last five minutes off of earth.这里是一个完全未注册的时间枢纽小行星。

None of the asteroids in our solar system look like that.

太阳系中的小行星也没有这种形状的。