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...
B612 does not endorse the alarming and sensationalist tone (“humankind could be wiped out at any moment”) of an article it contributed to last week. This is completely contrary to B612’s message that we and others are working towards addressing this issue in a methodical way...
Google Cloud and Analytical Graphics Inc. (AGI) joined with Asteroid Institute to develop a cloud-based platform for tracking asteroid discoveries. The two companies have become technology partners for the Asteroid Discovery Analysis and Mapping project, or ADAM. The project aims to provide software infrastructure for analyzing trajectories...
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...
Today marks the five-year anniversary of the meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia. That meteor surprised the world, including the astronomical community. I’m sure you remember the footage from that day. On February 15, 2013 that small asteroid - approximately 20 meters in diameter -...
[caption id="attachment_24688" align="alignleft" width="381"] Space rock slips by Earth. Courtesy: Texas A&M[/caption] Leonard David, a space journalist and author who has been reporting on space activities for over 50 years, featured B612 and the Asteroid Institute on his INSIDE OUTER SPACE website. Mr. David covers B612's progress in 2017...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1512558657854{margin-top: 50px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_column_text]This year marked a 15-year milestone since we began protecting the Earth from asteroid impacts. With the support of a worldwide community of donors, B612 has educated, advocated, and worked towards science and technology solutions...
On October 4-5, 2017, B612's Asteroid Institute and the DIRAC Institute (also known as Data Intensive Research in Astrophysics and Cosmology) hosted the first ADAM project HackDays at the University of Washington in Seattle. ADAM (Asteroid Decision and Analysis Machine) is a project of the Asteroid Institute that works to better understand...