Today marks the four-year anniversary of the Chelyabinsk asteroid airburst. You probably recall watching the dash cam video footage of the fireball exploding over the city, which took everyone by surprise. This particular asteroid was only 17-20 meters in diameter, or about 55-65 feet. For comparison,...
(REVISED) B612 Response to National Science and Technology Council report and NASA Discovery Mission selection Last week brought news for the field of planetary defense and the worldwide effort to protect the Earth from large and dangerous asteroid impacts. First, the “National Near Earth Object Preparedness Strategy” report...
On October 3rd and 4th, B612 co-sponsored a Near-Earth Object (NEO) workshop at the University of Washington in Seattle. The workshop is the first time that members of B612’s technical team, researchers and scientists from the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), NEO researchers from NASA,...
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In December 2004, astronomers in Arizona discovered an asteroid the size of a cruise ship that appeared to be on a collision course with Earth. Initial observations of the space rock, known as Apophis, suggested that it had a very good chance of striking our...
Ed Lu is an explorer whose quest is to map the unknown—whether by surveying the oceans at Liquid Robotics, leading Google Advanced Projects Team to map our neighborhoods, or his current work unveiling the secrets of the inner solar system with the Sentinel Mission. Ed...
Clark Chapman is a planetary scientist whose research has specialized in studies of asteroids and cratering of planetary surfaces, using telescopes, spacecraft, and computers. He is a past Chair of the Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) of the American Astronomical Society and was the first...
Since 2000, David Liddle has been a partner at U.S. Venture Partners, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm. He has served as CEO of Interval Research and of Metaphor, which he founded, and as a Vice President at Xerox and at IBM. He has served...
The B612 team would like to thank everyone who helped support our end-of-year fundraising campaign! [caption id="attachment_960" align="aligncenter" width="250"] It's a Kerbal Guy![/caption] We received gifts from people from over 20 countries around the world, showing the true global reach of this dedicated community of asteroid hunters....
Written by Hillary Aiken “I am supporting B612 on behalf of my grandfather, Howard Sears: in honor of his encouraging us to search for knowledge, and to work to improve the lives of others.” Ruth Sears With supporters from across the globe, we have the great honor...