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NOVA: Touching the Asteroid

NASA spacecraft OSIRIS-REx reached out and grabbed a piece of an asteroid named Bennu to bring it back to Earth. NOVA’s “Touching the Asteroid” follows the high-stakes mission. Watch Wednesday, June 1 at 9pm on WITF TV, the PBS Video app, or witf.org/watch.

By Christina Zeiders

Asteroid: Doomsday or Payday?

Examine whether asteroids could be our economic salvation — or instruments of extinction.

By Fred Vigeant/WITF

Rise of the Mammals

An amazing fossil discovery reveals how mammals took over after an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs.
By Fred Vigeant/WITF

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The Day Dinosaurs Died

Investigate how an asteroid vanquished the dinosaurs 66 million years ago
By Fred Vigeant/WITF