On Friday, April 13, 2029, an asteroid will come closer to Earth than orbiting geosynchronous satellites in a once-in-a-thousand-years event. Scientists are preparing.

Indeed, God not only promises Abram a son but that his descendants “would be as numerous as the stars of the sky or the sands of the desert,” the greatest multiples of things in Abram’s world.

Gods in the Sky was a three-part British television series on Channel 4, covering astronomical religion in early civilisations. It is presented by the historian of science Allan Chapman.