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

这为行星提供了反方向的微力。

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

将行星爆破——好莱坞大片的一贯作风，兴许能摆脱这些引力。

It's going to attempt to move an asteroid.

NASA将试图移动一颗行星。

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

至少恐龙可以怪行星，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行星。

It's also not the biggest asteroid known to do this.

它也并不是已知掠过地球的最大行星。

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

现在，NASA准备重启智慧号，让其发现更多的行星。

Can we really harness an asteroid?

我们真的能控制行星吗?

That includes an asteroid set to pass by the Earth next Tuesday.

其中包括一颗将于下周二经过地球的行星。

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

希望科家们能够更多地了解如何将危险的行星离轨道。

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

这就是大约 6600 万年前撞击地球的行星。

There were many planets and asteroids circling the sun.

太阳周围有许多行星和行星。

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

最终，一颗巨大的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.”

他们认为最可能的因素是在太阳附近形成的行星。”

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

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行星。

What if there is an asteroid out there that does threaten Earth?

可如果太空中的确有一颗会对地球造成威胁的行星怎么办？

But an asteroid zipped by us yesterday.

但是我们昨天同一颗行星擦身而过。

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降解酶，能够溶解富含碳物质的行星为土壤。