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B612 Sponsors 2nd Annual LSST Solar System Readiness Sprint in Chicago

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...

FAKE NEWS: Asteroid Threat Debunking

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...

B612 Heads to Luxembourg to Celebrate Asteroid Day

On June 30th, the world came together to celebrate Asteroid Day's 5th anniversary in Luxembourg. B612 co-founders Rusty Schweickart and Dr. Ed Lu, along with B612 President Danica Remy, joined dozens of other asteroid experts from around the world for three incredible events.   Asteroid Day Technical...

Rusty Schweickart Speaks About Apollo At Asteroid Day

Rusty Schweickart, Apollo Astronaut, and Asteroid Day and B612 co-founder, gave a moving speech this Asteroid Day about humanity 50 years after Apollo.  “It wasn’t Neil Armstrong who could look back on Earth, but it was all of us. That was the significance of Apollo […]...

Asteroid Institute Featured on AGI Podcast

Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI) recently hosted Asteroid Institute Astrodynamicists John Carrico and Mike Loucks on their podcast. AGI is a leader in creating software for the aerospace and defense industries. John and Mike go into the Asteroid Institute’s latest research on propagating asteroid orbits and predicting...

Asteroid Institute Education Partnership with Meteor Crater

Asteroid Institute is the only nonprofit organization in the world dedicated to asteroid science and to protecting the Earth from asteroid impacts   B612 recognizes Meteor Crater Enterprises and The Barringer Crater Company for a long partnership in bringing “learning journeys” to the best-preserved impact crater site...

The Effect of Warning Time on the Deflection of Earth-Impacting Asteroids | ADAM

As an Asteroid Institute Researcher, I am studying how impacting asteroids need to be "nudged" (re: velocity change/ delta-v) to avoid hitting Earth. Through the Asteroid Decision Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) project, a Google cloud-based platform under development, I and colleagues simulate the impact avoidance of...

Dr. Ed Lu Interviewed on NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday

Asteroid Institute Director Dr. Ed Lu was recently featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday. Lulu Garcia-Navarro talked to Dr. Lu about the meteor that recently exploded over the Bering Sea. You can listen to the interview and read a transcript of their discussion here....

B612 Heads to San Diego for Apollo 9 50th Anniversary Gala

Members of the B612 community flew to San Diego from all over the country to celebrate the 50th anniversary of B612 co-founder Rusty Schweickart’s flight on Apollo 9. The Air and Space Museum of San Diego, home to the Apollo 9 Command Module, hosted the mission’s...