If you think asteroid impacts are just the stuff of action movies, think again. Since the year 2000, a powerful array of microphones has detected 26 nuclear-sized explosions in the Earth's atmosphere-- each the result of a space rock slamming into our planet. You can see where...
Since the start of the 21st century, dozens of incoming asteroids have slammed into Earth, some of them packing far more energy than a city-destroying atomic bomb, a new animation illustrates. The visualization was released in honor of Earth Day by the B612 Foundation — an...
Space rocks big enough to destroy a city hit the Earth much more often than thought, according to an estimate by a private group devoted to preventing disaster from such orbital killers. It took a space rock the size of San Francisco to finish off the...
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...
Bad news, earthlings. A former NASA scientist says it’s mere happenstance that an Armageddon-style asteroid hasn’t hit a densely populated area in the last few years. On Tuesday, the B612 Foundation, which is devoted to preventing the next deep impact, will present data from a nuclear-weapons...
So you know how we all kind of thought that our odds of getting destroyed by an asteroid were remarkably low? Yeah, that was wrong. According to new research, the odds of a large-scale asteroid impact are actually three to ten times higher than we...
American indie rock band Broken Bells will donate $1 from every ticket sold for their upcoming tour to help protect its fans from asteroids. The band is looking to accomplish this by working together with the B612 Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to that exact...
Broken Bells—the indie rock super duo of Shins frontman James Mercer and producer Danger Mouse—are passionate about saving the Earth from outer space threats to human existence. They’ve announced that for every ticket sold for their upcoming West Coast tour, they’ll donate $1 to the...
Can music save us from asteroids? American Indie band Broken Bells certainly hope so. In fact, they're so wary of the threat posed by Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHA's) that they're pledging to donate $1 of every ticket they sell for their upcoming tour, to the...
Renowned indie rockers Broken Bells have announced that they are partnering with the B612 Foundation starting with their April West Coast tour. For the duration of their tour, $1 from every concert ticket sold will be donated to help fund B612’s Sentinel Mission of protecting...