Nine years ago today, an asteroid exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia. It was only about 20 meters in diameter (or 55-65 feet) — by meteor and asteroid standards, pretty small, but as you may remember, it packed a punch. The explosion injured over 1,500 people and...
Asteroid Institute Director Dr. Ed Lu was recently featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday. Lulu Garcia-Navarro talked to Dr. Lu about the meteor that recently exploded over the Bering Sea. You can listen to the interview and read a transcript of their discussion here....
Popular Science interviewed B612 co-founder Ed Lu about the meteor that recently exploded over the Bering Sea. The meteor exploded more than 10 miles above the surface of the Earth over an unpopulated region, but Ed noted that is served as a solid reminder that “the...
Six years ago, a meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia injuring over 1,500 people and damaging 7,000 buildings across six cities. This event caused people around the world to ask: What are we doing about asteroids? The answer is: A whole lot. Scientists at the Asteroid Institute are building detection tools to...
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Today marks the five-year anniversary of the meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia. That meteor surprised the world, including the astronomical community. I’m sure you remember the footage from that day. On February 15, 2013 that small asteroid - approximately 20 meters in diameter -...
This post is written by B612 Co-founder, Rusty Schweickart. Rusty is an American aeronautical engineer, and a former NASA astronaut, U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, as well as a retired business executive and co-founder of B612 Foundation. October 7 marked 15 years since B612 was formed to protect the...
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,...
Today marks the three-year anniversary of the Chelyabinsk asteroid airburst. You probably recall watching the dash cam video footage of the fireball exploding over the city. The asteroid was only 17-20 meters in diameter. For reference, the asteroid that flattened 2,000 sq km of forest...
Despite its capacity for serious harm, asteroid impact is not the largest existential threat we face right now. Climate change, resource limits, pandemics, nuclear war, societal breakdown, earthquakes and tsunamis are even more alarming. What distinguishes the asteroid threat is that mitigation is seemingly straightforward,...