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“Don’t Look Up” Movie Premiere and Asteroids with Andrew Revkin 

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Imaginators In Action Clubhouse Talk on Asteroids with Astronauts & Futurists

Six expert panelists answer questions and advocate for asteroid discovery and space navigation on cloud-based platform   Asteroid Institute was on Clubhouse for an Imagination In Action (IIA) interview with hosts John Werner of TEDxMIT, and Alison Sander of Boston Consulting Group. Panelists were B612 president and...

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2021 | Asteroid Institute | Annual Report

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Scott Manley and Asteroid Institute Visit Meteor Crater

Asteroid Institute advisor Scott Manley and researchers visit Meteor Crater to study an ancient asteroid impact   Asteroid Institute recently organized an annual expedition into Meteor Crater. Thanks to the Barringer Family, Asteroid Institute researchers have non-public access to the crater's rim and base. Asteroid Institute is...

ADAM Platform Recognized at AAS Division for Planetary Sciences

Asteroid Institute Senior Researcher Dr. Sarah Greenstreet presents ADAM-related studies   In 2018, the Asteroid Institute announced its partnership with Google Cloud Services Platform and Analytical Graphics Inc (AGI) on the Asteroid Discovery Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) platform. This partnership was a critical launching point for the...

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Preparing for the Next Disruption: Asteroid Detection is a Good Start

The COVID-19 pandemic taught us valuable lessons in hard-to-believe scenarios. What if it were an asteroid impact instead?   The turn of the decade brought hope for a promising future and human advancement. Then a global pandemic happened and suddenly we had a different goal: to survive....

Asteroids in the Inner Solar System by Dr. Sarah Greenstreet

Asteroid Institute researcher Dr. Sarah Greenstreet was featured in Physics Today describing how models and observations of asteroid orbits reveal their dynamic lives.   [caption id="attachment_27528" align="aligncenter" width="359"] Photo of Asteroid Bennu (NASA / Goddard / University of Arizona)[/caption] In a feature article in Physics Today, Asteroid Institute...

Kerbal Space Program’s Asteroid Day Challenge was a hit! (no pun intended!)

In the weeks leading up to Asteroid Day, Kerbal Space Program hosted a planetary defense challenge with judges Dr. Ed Lu and private astronaut Richard Garriott.   Thank you to the brilliantscientists and engineers around Kerbin who submitted their planetary defense plan for the 2021 Asteroid Day Kerbal...