Asteroid Day

Strategic Advisor Dr. Brian May Publishes 3-D Book on the Moon Race

B612 Asteroid Institute Strategic Advisor Dr. Brian May has co-authored a 3-D book on the moon race set to be released in November. Brian is not only an astrophysicist and guitarist for the rock band Queen, but he also co-founded Asteroid Day in 2014, alongside...

Salon.com Article on Asteroid Institute Work

Salon.com recently posted an article on building a better asteroid warning system featuring interviews with B612 President Danica Remy and Asteroid Institute Astrodynamicist John Carrico. The article looks at B612’s partnership with Google Cloud and how cloud technology is necessary to provide a more advanced warning...

An Asteroid Day Recap by Danica Remy

It’s been a month since Asteroid Day 2018, and we want to share with you the reach and significance of what the B612 helped make happen on June 30. Ed and Rusty have been educating and advocating for the world to pay attention to the risks of...

UN Releases Report on NEOs and Planetary Defense

On Asteroid Day (June 30, 2018) the UN Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) released a report titled “Near-Earth Objects and Planetary Defense.” This is a milestone in the global conversation about asteroids and defending our planet. We are delighted that UNOOSA used Asteroid Day...

Mapping the Final Frontier with ADAM

Dr. Ed Lu of the B612 Asteroid Institute, explains how mapping the inner solar system with the ADAM project can help us recognize asteroid threats and opportunities. With Asteroid Day 2018  just around the corner, Dr. Ed Lu recently spoke to PC Magazine about several...

Pew Poll Shows Public Believes Asteroid Monitoring Should Be a Top Priority

A new survey shows Americans believe asteroid monitoring to be a national priority. And we believe humanity needs a map of asteroids in our solar system. Pew Research Center’s recently published survey asked “Should monitoring asteroids/objects that could hit the Earth be a top priority?” The...

Alarmist Headline is Not the Right Message by Danica Remy

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...

2017 | B612 Foundation | Annual Report

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Today is Asteroid Day!

  It's Asteroid Day today, and we hope you'll be a part of the global conversation. Join from your home or office by watching the first space and asteroid focused 24-hour live broadcast featuring international programming about important asteroid missions and discoveries from scientists and experts from around the world. Or find an...

Asteroid Day Special Report | June 30, 2017

One Week to Asteroid Day! June 30, 2017   B612 is proud to be a founding partner of Asteroid Day. Asteroid Day is a global awareness campaign where people from around the world come together to learn about asteroids, the impact hazard they may pose, and what we...