Danica Remy, B612 President, spoke at the 2021 Global Exploration Summit (GLEX) hosted in Portugal on the importance of one day mapping the solar system. The annual GLEX Summit, co-organized by The Explorers Club and Expanding World, brings together the world’s leading explorers to showcase...
[caption id="attachment_27224" align="alignright" width="294"] Still Image from Chelyabinsk Asteroid[/caption] Eight years ago today, an asteroid exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia. The asteroid injured over 1,500 people and damaged more than 7,000 buildings across six cities. Through these kinds of “close call” events, and the events of the...
The ADAM research and development team participated in the LSST Solar System Science Collaboration (SSSC) Readiness Sprint 3. B612 Foundation has been a sponsor of the Solar System Science Collaboration (SSSC) sprints since their inception. This support enables the collaboration to be prepared for when LSST...
AD LIVE watched by two million viewers and #asteroidday reached more than nine billion impressions with strategic support from B612 Foundation. On June 30th, individuals, astronomy groups, schools, museums and organizations from around the world came together, looked into the skies, and then shifted their gaze...
The worldwide premiere of Apollo 9 & Beyond featuring Rusty Schweickart debuted on Asteroid Day TV, a broadcast of hundreds of asteroid programs. The premiere of Apollo 9 & Beyond featuring Rusty Schweickart debuted on Asteroid Day TV. Due to the COVID pandemic, Asteroid Day opted...
ESA’s Hera Mission funded, humanity is making progress on planetary defense! Last month, Europe’s space ministers gathered at Space19+ in Seville, Spain and approved ESA’s Hera asteroid mission for construction and launch, as part of the Agency’s broader planetary defense initiatives that aim to protect citizens...
A recent AP-NORC poll found two-thirds of Americans wanted the US space program to prioritize monitoring asteroids. The poll asked 1,137 American adults “How important is it for the United States space program to do each of the following?” and the top response was “Monitor asteroids,...
Danica Remy, B612 President, was interviewed by NBCNews.com about the recent asteroid flybys. Danica highlighted that the risk to Earth from asteroids is small in the short-term, but it is inevitable in the long-term and for the first time in human history we have the technology...
For the second year in a row, B612 sponsored the LSST Solar System Readiness Sprint, a convening of scientists ensuring the readiness of the scientific community to interpret LSST’s solar system data when it begins operation. One of the largest telescopes on Earth, the Large Synoptic...
If you read internet news, you may have seen headlines that say “KILLER ASTEROID ON COLLISION COURSE WITH EARTH” or “COULD ASTEROID X HIT EARTH NEXT WEEK?.” Too many sites earn their clicks with fake and fearful headlines about asteroids. We try to explain that this...