My pal Emily Lakdawalla from The Planetary Society has started making a series of short videos about astronomy and space science. She's made one about NASA images, seasons on Mars, and now this one on asteroid impacts:

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And she's wearing an SMBC shirt

! These are pretty good: short, informative, and I'd bet useful in the classroom as well. Emily writes The Planetary Society blog

, too, so you should make sure that's in your RSS feed. And subscribe to their YouTube channel

, too!

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