The Exploding Asteroid Threat WATCH LIVE: Defending Earth From Asteroids On October 25, 2013, a panel of astronauts and cosmonauts discussed the asteroid threat and what we can do to prevent impacts and injury. Moderated by Neil deGrasse Tyson, this panel was hosted by the American Museum of...
More than 1,000 people were injured last February in Chelyabinsk, Russia, when a meteor exploded over the city. The collision shattered windows and pelted startled residents with shards of glass and debris. In the aftermath, the world was transfixed by extraordinary videos of the huge...
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...
While we all enjoy the beauty surrounding us in Mon- tecito, we are often reminded by tremors that this is “Earthquake Central.” We hear and read continually that the question is not if “The Big One” is coming, but when. Just imagine if you could...
Over a million of these NEAs have the power to inflict damage a thousand times more powerful than the atomic bomb, dropped on Hiroshima during the Second World War. Alarmingly, the Tunguska event that took place in 1908 was the largest recorded impact event, as...
Changing the course of the solar system: Dr. Ed Lu at TEDxMarin...
Editors Note: Ed Lu is a former NASA astronaut and current CEO of the B612 Foundation. His goal is to build a space telescope that will detect possibly cataclysmic asteroids headed for Earth. Watch more about Ed Lu’s incredible mission this Sunday 2:30 P.M. E.T. (all-new time!)...
B612 Foundation on ABC World News, February 13, 2013. ...
CNN's Erin Burnett interviews Ed Lu, February 15, 2013 Can we stop an incoming asteroid? OutFront with more information on our planet’s twin asteroid scares today is Ed Lu, a former astronaut who has logged over 200 days in space and now spends part of his time...