If you think asteroid impacts are just the stuff of action movies, think again. Since the year 2000, a powerful array of microphones has detected 26 nuclear-sized explosions in the Earth's atmosphere-- each the result of a space rock slamming into our planet. You can see where...
Since the start of the 21st century, dozens of incoming asteroids have slammed into Earth, some of them packing far more energy than a city-destroying atomic bomb, a new animation illustrates. The visualization was released in honor of Earth Day by the B612 Foundation — an...
Space rocks big enough to destroy a city hit the Earth much more often than thought, according to an estimate by a private group devoted to preventing disaster from such orbital killers. It took a space rock the size of San Francisco to finish off the...
B612 Foundation Releases Video at Seattle Museum of Flight Earth Day Event Showing Evidence of 26 Multi-Kiloton Asteroid Impacts Since 2001 SEATTLE, WA (Earth Day, April 22, 2014) -- At a press conference on Tuesday at the Seattle Museum of Flight, three prominent astronauts supporting the...
Watch and share the video below showing just how often Earth is hit by untracked asteroids....
Bad news, earthlings. A former NASA scientist says it’s mere happenstance that an Armageddon-style asteroid hasn’t hit a densely populated area in the last few years. On Tuesday, the B612 Foundation, which is devoted to preventing the next deep impact, will present data from a nuclear-weapons...
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden told members of Congress that if an asteroid the size that could wipe out any major city were headed to Earth today, all we could do is “pray.” Ed Lu testifies about the B612 Sentinel Mission solution to protect Earth for...
So you know how we all kind of thought that our odds of getting destroyed by an asteroid were remarkably low? Yeah, that was wrong. According to new research, the odds of a large-scale asteroid impact are actually three to ten times higher than we...
Former Astronaut Ed Lu thinks the biggest threat to our existence is up in the air. Way up in the air. His nonprofit, the B612 Foundation, wants to set up a defense perimeter around the planet. Read the Article: "This Ex-Astronaut Is Stalking Asteroids to Save...
A CNN special feature on the “Next List” of leaders with Ed Lu: One man’s bold quest to save the world from Asteroids – the biggest environmental project imaginable. Read the Article: "Close Shave: Asteroid To Buzz Earth Next Week" CNN (February 12, 2013) ...