Asteroid Institute

Facing the Future of LSST Era Hazardous Asteroid Discovery

B612 Asteroid Institute’s Bryce Bolin Discusses the Future of Planetary Defense.   The B612 Asteroid Institute will be a virtual organization with a particularly close new working collaboration with Data Intensive Research in Astrophysics and Cosmology Center (DIRAC) at the Department of Astronomy of the University of Washington,...

Asteroid Institute
GeekWire Article on Launch of B612’s Asteroid Institute

B612’s new Asteroid Institute enlists UW researchers to help protect our planet. Alan Boyle of GeekWire published an article on June 13, 2017 about B612's new Asteroid Institute, a scientific and technical academic organization dedicated to protecting the Earth from asteroid impacts. The article highlights the Asteroid Institute's...

Press Release: B612 Creates Asteroid Institute

New scientific and technical Institute to collaborate with major universities and research centers worldwide to protect the world from asteroid impacts SILICON VALLEY, CA  -- The B612 Foundation today announced the formation of a new science and technology institute dedicated to protecting Earth from asteroid impacts. Dr. Ed Lu, three...

B612 Looks Ahead in 2017 – Danica Remy

The field of planetary defense has grown dramatically since 2012, and the scope of B612's activities has grown along with it.  With a new year underway, I want to take a moment to recap a few milestones already achieved this year. I also want to report...

Analysis of Asteroid Telescope Performance is Published

A new set of analysis tools for predicting the performance of telescopes for finding and tracking Near Earth Asteroids was published by B612 Foundation in the Astronomical Journal. The article was authored by B612 Mission, Scientist Marc W. Buie; B612 Mission Director, Harold J. Reitsema;...

2016 | B612 Foundation | Annual Report

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Cosmic Roulette: Ed Lu on 60 Minutes

A note from Ed: I wanted to give a big thank you to 60 Minutes for highlighting the need to find and track asteroids. Everyone here at the B612 Foundation is grateful to have had this national attention, and the opportunity to explain our work to millions of people around...