(CNN) - Imagine this: It's early morning in 1908. A man sits at a trading post in Vanavara, Siberia, when he is suddenly launched into the air by a powerful force that creates an effect that makes him think his shirt has caught fire. That was...
An asteroid big enough to destroy an entire city hits Earth once every hundred years -- but smaller impacts happen all the time. In December last year a group of more than 100 prominent physicists, artists and business leaders lead by Queen guitarist and astrophysicist Brian...
With less than one week to go before the first official Asteroid Day on June 30, local organizers are making final preparations for more than 50 public events worldwide to increase education and awareness about asteroids and how to better detect them. June 30 is...
The world's first Asteroid Day will be held on 30 June in a bid to raise awareness about future impact events and the threat they pose to the planet. Asteroid Day was announced in December 2014, when a global coalition of scientists, astronauts, physicists and celebrities...
We interviewed filmmaker Grig Richters for our September 2014 newsletter on his upcoming asteroid film, 51 Degrees North. The film’s story centers on a filmmaker who captures the last moments of life on Earth before it collides with an asteroid. Since our interview with Grig...
[caption id="attachment_620" align="alignnone" width="705"] Image: Dan Durda/Sentinel Mission[/caption] Lord Martin Rees, UK Astronomer Royal, says it’s time to ramp up efforts to find the many smaller near-Earth objects that could unleash destruction on our planet and identifies the work of Dr. Ed Lu and the Sentinel...
Queen guitarist Brian May has warned that our obliteration is inevitable unless we take the threat of asteroid impacts seriously. May, who has PHD in astrophysics, called for a global effort to ensure a 100-fold increase in the detection and monitoring of asteroids. His concerns have...
SAN FRANCISCO — Humanity can dramatically reduce its frightening vulnerability to cataclysmic asteroid strikes with just a little extra funding and a little extra effort. That's the main message of "Asteroid Day," an educational campaign that launched today (Dec. 3) at a joint news conference held...
The guitarist, songwriter and founding member of British rock band Queen is also an astrophysicist. On Wednesday, Brian May joined scientists and astronauts in a joint press conference in San Francisco and London to present the 100x Asteroid Declaration and to announce Asteroid Day. The...
Astronomers and rockstars alike are joining forces to warn the world of the threat posed to the planet by asteroids. More than 100 leading scientists and astronauts from Dr Brian May to Chris Hadfield have signed a declaration asking for increased action to tackle objects that...