We are pleased to continue to build out our partnerships including this new work with MSU and York Space Systems on ADAM and other projects. The Asteroid Institute will work with York’s innovative program with Metropolitan State University (MSU) of Denver, by engaging university students to...
Asteroid Institute Announces Program with York Space Systems to Explore Low-Cost Space-Based Asteroid Tracking System and Train Next Generation Space Workforce at Metropolitan State University of Denver SILICON VALLEY, CA (May 10, 2018)-- The Asteroid Institute, a program of the B612 Foundation, has announced a new collaboration with York...
Earlier today, the Asteroid Institute issued a press release announcing Google Cloud and AGI among its new technology partners for the ADAM project. This is an important moment in developing a cloud-based platform to provide analytical tools to help scientists, world leaders, and citizens understand...
ASTEROID INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES GOOGLE CLOUD AND AGI AS NEW TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS FOR THE ASTEROID DISCOVERY ANALYSIS AND MAPPING (ADAM) PROJECT JOHN CARRICO TO LEAD DEVELOPMENT OF ADAM SILICON VALLEY, CA (February 28, 2018) -- The Asteroid Institute today announced Google Cloud and AGI as new technology partners...
B612 Asteroid Institute Studies and Provides Data to 'Oumuamua Discovery [caption id="attachment_24497" align="aligncenter" width="550"] Illustration Credit: European Southern Observatory, M. Kornmesser[/caption] SAN FRANCISCO, CA (December 5, 2017) -- Within days of the announcement by NASA's Minor Planet Center of the discovery of the first-ever interstellar object, 'Oumuamua,...
New scientific and technical Institute to collaborate with major universities and research centers worldwide to protect the world from asteroid impacts SILICON VALLEY, CA -- The B612 Foundation today announced the formation of a new science and technology institute dedicated to protecting Earth from asteroid impacts. Dr. Ed Lu, three...
B612 Foundation Releases Video at Seattle Museum of Flight Earth Day Event Showing Evidence of 26 Multi-Kiloton Asteroid Impacts Since 2001 SEATTLE, WA (Earth Day, April 22, 2014) -- At a press conference on Tuesday at the Seattle Museum of Flight, three prominent astronauts supporting the...
Watch and share the video below showing just how often Earth is hit by untracked asteroids....
B612 Impact Video 4-20-14 H264 from Spine Films on Vimeo. Watch Translations of the video in Spanish or Cantonese. Between 2000 and 2013, a network of sensors that monitors Earth around the clock listening for the infrasound signature of nuclear detonations detected 26 explosions on Earth ranging in energy from 1...
We have received a tremendous amount of inquires on the Chelyabinsk event last Friday. Board member Clark Chapman and CEO Ed Lu put together this FAQ for our community. As the world had two cosmic events in one day, we’re doing our best to bring you...