We are excited to announce the appointment of Dr. Sarah Greenstreet and Bryce Bolin as the Asteroid Institute’s first Senior Research Fellows. The fellows will study the application of new technologies for the discovery, tracking and potential deflection of asteroids under the direction of Dr....
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...
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...
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...
B612 and Ed Lu were mentioned in a recent segment on BBC World News about National Geographic’s article “They Saw Earth From Space. Here’s How It Changed Them.” Watch the video here (B612 gets discussed at 1:50) ...
I joined B612 five years ago because I wanted to be part of a global effort that was different, inspirational and pioneering. I wanted to be part of a movement that could literally change the world. At that point in my life, I wasn’t an...
Ed Lu, Asteroid Institute Executive Director, was interviewed on CNN about asteroid awareness and planetary defense. Check it out to see him discuss humanity's current detection capability, recent impacts, and how B612 is working to solve the problem. (NOTE: This video is unavailable on Chrome...
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 -...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The fireball that streaked through the Michigan sky put on quite a show but as far as potentially killer space rocks, it was merely a flash in the pan. There are much bigger asteroids careening through our solar system. Scientists who watch for...