Asteroids: We Won't Go The Way of the Dinosaurs

66 million years ago, a giant asteroid impact caused a mass extinction event that ended the dinosaurs reign over Earth, but what would happen if an asteroid was hurtling towards us today? Learn all about asteroids, meteors, and the likelihood of a deadly collision with Dr. Jay Dunn of Georgia State University.

About Dr. Jay Dunn

Dr. Dunn is a Professor of Astronomy and Physics on the Dunwoody campus of Georgia State University-Perimeter College. He has a 15+ year track record of working with undergraduate students as a research mentor. He and his team focus their research on the study of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN), which are super-massive black holes that are actively accreting material. They primarily analyze spectra obtained from either the Hubble Space Telescope or the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, and focus their attention on outflowing material in the vicinity of the black hole in the nucleus of other galaxies.

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