Sentinel in Space 1
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28 April, 2014
asteroid science
Tunguska Stills
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28 April, 2014
Impact Video (en Español)
Watch and share the video below showing just how often Earth is hit by untracked asteroids....
28 April, 2014
SURPRISE: EARTH IS HIT BY A LOT MORE ASTEROIDS THAN YOU THOUGHT
When we think of recent large asteroid impacts on Earth, only a handful may come to mind. In particular, one is the forest-flattening 1908 Tunguska explosion over Siberia (which may have been the result of a comet) and another is the February 2013 meteor that...
28 April, 2014
What are odds an asteroid will level a major city? Higher than you might think, say researchers.
The chances of an asteroid hitting the Earth and causing significant damage are much higher than what was previously estimated. According to new data released by the B612 Foundation, a non-profit group that aims to launch its Sentinel Space Telescope in 2018 in order to map...
26 April, 2014
Sentinel Telescope May Help Save Us From Earth-Killing Asteroids
Asteroid impacts on Earth – those on the scale of the one that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago – have been big hits in Hollywood. But in the modern world, are the impacts portrayed in movies like Deep Impact and Armageddon only...
26 April, 2014
The Next ‘City-Killer’ Asteroid Could Be Closer Than We Think
Asteroids as powerful as atomic bombs may hit the Earth more often than we previously thought. New data shows how and where 26 asteroids collided with our planet from 2000 to 2013, according to research released in a video by the B612 Foundation. “It shows that asteroid...
26 April, 2014
B612 Foundation highlights the risk of city-destroying asteroids
The California-based B612 Foundation has released a video displaying the distribution of 26 multi-kiloton asteroid impacts known to have struck the Earth since the year 2000. Many of the impacts – detected by a network of satellites operated by the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization...
26 April, 2014
This Ex-Astronaut Is Stalking Asteroids to Save Civilization
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...
10 April, 2014
The Hunt for Killer Asteroids
Sergey Khaibrakhmanov was sleeping when he heard the explosion. Startled, his heart already pounding, he jumped awake in bed. What the hell was that? It was loud, whatever it was, enough to shake the apartment and scare him half to death. Did a plane just crash? He...
30 January, 2014