Whether discussing the universe’s origin as host of NOVA’s “scienceNOW” or asserting that Pluto is a not a planet on “The Colbert Report,” astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson translates the universe’s complexities for a broad audience.

In the following hilarious (and interesting) video presentation, Tyson explains what would happen if a large asteroid would hit earth, and how we could avoid such a calamity. Also, he describes how a human being would die if sucked in by a black hole.