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If I go and buy a coffee, and somebody asks me what I do, I'll say, 'I find asteroids.' And the first thing they always do is make a Bruce Willis joke, or they are going to bring up Armageddon.

~Carrie Nugent

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Certainly what happened to the dinosaurs was not good - that was a terrible day for the dinosaurs, very sad. But I have to say, there are a lot of threats we face as people and, as someone who lives in Los Angeles, I'm personally more likely to die from driving on the freeway than I am from an asteroid, so you have to put that risk in perspective.

~Carrie Nugent

Topics: Am Angeles Asteroid Certainly Day Die Dinosaurs Driving Face Good Happened Likely Lives Los Los Angeles Lot More People Personally Perspective Put Risk Sad Say Someone Terrible Than Threats Very Who You I Am

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An asteroid impact in the worst case scenario is a terrifying thing. It seems very uncontrollable: in popular culture, it's often a metaphor for human powerlessness over the world.

~Carrie Nugent

Topics: Asteroid Case Culture Human Impact Metaphor Often Over Popular Popular Culture Powerlessness Scenario Seems Terrifying Thing Uncontrollable Very World Worst

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Asteroids are our oldest and most numerous cosmic neighbors.

~Carrie Nugent

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It has only been within my lifetime that asteroids have been considered a credible threat to our planet. And since then, there's been a focused effort underway to discover and catalog these objects. I am lucky enough to be part of this effort. I'm part of a team of scientists that use NASA's NEOWISE telescope.

~Carrie Nugent

Topics: Am Been Catalog Considered Credible Discover Effort Enough Focused Lifetime Lucky Nasa Objects Only Our Our Planet Part Planet Scientists Since Team Telescope Then Threat Use Within I Am

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Astronomers are using every technique at their disposal to discover and study asteroids.

~Carrie Nugent

Topics: Discover Disposal Every Study Technique Using

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Most astronomical work has to do with things that are very, very far away and don't affect our lives very much.

~Carrie Nugent

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The basic method to find asteroids hasn't changed much in hundreds of years. So asteroids in a telescope look just like stars with one exception: They move with time.

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The best thing to do is to study these asteroids so we know the range of parameters we would have to deal with and also to find them so we have as much time as possible to prepare.

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I think the public perception about asteroids is that they're kind of metaphors for acts of God, the fact that we have no control over the universe. They're always seen as these uncontrollable events. But when you look at the science, they're actually the exact opposite.

~Carrie Nugent

Topics: About Acts Actually Always Control Events Exact Exact Opposite Fact God Kind Look Metaphors No Control Opposite Over Perception Public Science Seen Think Uncontrollable Universe You I Think

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: Unknown

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