Asteroids in Our Solar System
B-roll simulation of estimated inner solar system asteroids in orbit around the Sun....
05 September, 2013
asteroid science
Non-Profit’s Private Space Telescope to Hunt Dangerous Asteroids in 2017
With the dangers of rogue asteroids made clear by the surprise explosion of a meteor over Russia in February, a non-profit organization is ramping up its effort to search for potentially hazardous space rocks near Earth. The B612 Foundation was started in 2002 by former NASA...
15 April, 2013
A Clearer View of the Space Bullet That Grazed Russia
Using an eclectic mix of crowd-sourced video, information from Google Earth and data from nuclear test-ban sensors, scientists have gotten a much more accurate picture of the small asteroid that exploded near the Russian city of Chelyabinsk last month. But what is most clear is that...
28 March, 2013
Better Asteroid Detection Is Needed, Experts Say
Making a case for the need to detect asteroids before they hit Earth, a former astronaut said Wednesday that the number of casualties would have been enormous had the space rock that exploded in Russia last month blown apart directly over New York City instead. “We’d...
27 March, 2013
Dr. Ed Lu’s Congressional Testimony
On March 21, 2013, Dr. Ed Lu spoke at a Senate subcommittee (U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation) hearing convened to discuss space-borne threats to human civilization....
21 March, 2013
Can Humans Do Better Than Dinosaurs When it Comes to Incoming Space Objects?
Can humans do better than the dinosaurs? This is one of a string of questions I posed in a Skype chat on Sunday with Russell L. Schweickart, the Apollo 9 astronaut who has become a leading proponent of investing in tools that can spot and deflect...
22 February, 2013
FAQ on the Chelyabinsk Asteroid Impact
We have received a tremendous amount of inquires on the Chelyabinsk event last Friday. Board member Clark Chapman and CEO Ed Lu put together this FAQ for our community. As the world had two cosmic events in one day, we’re doing our best to bring you...
18 February, 2013
The Committee to Save the Planet: Who Watches the Asteroids?
This week, a hunk of space rock half the size of a football field will pass historically close to us, between Earth and our communication satellites. Scientists are certain the asteroid, dubbed 2012 DA14, will not hit Earth. If it did, the resulting explosion would...
15 February, 2013
Asteroid Watch
An in-depth story about the threat of asteroids and the goals of the B612 Foundation to protect humanity and all that we cherish here on Earth. Read the Article: "Asteroid Watch" Smithsonian AIR & SPACE Magazine (January 2013)...
22 January, 2013