01 July 2016
Asteroid Day was celebrated on June 30 – but what was it all about?
...we can do to protect our planet, families, communities, and future generations from future asteroid impacts. Regionally organised large and small events are held on Asteroid Day, and range from lectures and other educational programs to live concerts...
June 2015
Finding asteroids before they find us
...: “Playing Cosmic Roulette with our Future.” Our aim was to awaken the world to the imminent danger of asteroids impacting Earth and how – of all natural disasters – this is the only one we know how to prevent. What we didn...
22 November 2021
NASA's asteroid impact mission due to launch Wednesday
... morning, weather permitting, NASA will launch DART, the world’s first mission to intentionally crash into an asteroid to test whether the impact is enough to shift its orbit; a scenario that could be used for real should humanity ever...
May 2026
Focusing the world on planetary defence
... century. While governments continue to devote vast resources to military spending and geopolitical rivalries, the risks posed by asteroid impacts and orbital debris grow more urgent each year. In this powerful essay, Mexican journalist and author...
30 June 2015
Debating Asteroid Day: NEOs, Dr. Brian May, the Catalina Sky Survey and more
... Day was created in the hopes of raising awareness about the asteroid impact threat – but not every scientist is on board. In recent years, when the general public thought “asteroids,” references to Bruce Willis and a power ballad by Aerosmith would...
27 August 2015
No, an asteroid isn’t about to strike Puerto Rico in September, NASA says
Humanity should worry about the potential for dangerous asteroid impact. Spreading hysterical rumours, however, is NOT good policy. The latest conspiracy, which claims that a deadly asteroid will strike Puerto Rico between September 15 and 28, has ...
