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...
The likelihood in this century of an asteroid impact with 700 times the destructive power of the Hiroshima A-bomb: 30%. Dr. Ed Lu, Co-Founder and CEO of the B612 Foundation, and Lord Martin Rees, UK Astronomer Royal, outline the dangers of asteroids, but also the solutions...
A close encounter of the rocky kind is set for Feb. 15, when an office-building-size asteroid will speed past Earth faster than a bullet and closer than some communications satellites. It will be the nearest recorded brush with a space rock so large, NASA scientists said...
David Ewalt reports on asteroid 99942 Apophis, a hunk of space rock discovered back in 2004 that astronomers said had "a small chance" of collision "with the Earth in the year 2029, causing an explosion equivalent to 1480 megatons of TNT–nearly 30 times larger than...
Who will protect us from a killer asteroid? A team of ex-NASA astronauts and scientists thinks it's up to them. In a bold plan unveiled Thursday, the group wants to launch its own space telescope to spot and track small and mid-sized space rocks capable of...
A NASA Astronaut -- with a compelling new mission to change the course of the solar system. Dr. Lu served as a NASA Astronaut for 12 years. He flew the Space Shuttle twice, the Russian Soyuz, and a 6-month tour on the International Space Station. Altogether...
BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 30, 2012 Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and the non-profit B612 Foundation have signed a contract for Ball to create prototype infrared imaging sensors for the Sentinel Mission, a deep space mission to protect Earth by providing early warning of threatening asteroids. Ball’s...
MOMENTUM GROWS FOR FIRST PRIVATE DEEP SPACE MISSION TO MAP THE INNER SOLAR SYSTEM AND TRACK ASTEROIDS POSING THREATS TO EARTH MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA (September 19 2012) The world’s first privately funded deep space mission – SENTINEL – received major support this week from prominent members of...
Featured on Scott Manley's popular YouTube Channel: "The latest update to the asteroid discovery video, now at UHDTV resolutions and with a voiceover explaining what's going on. Thanks to the Lowell Observatory and Minor Planet Center for supplying the data used to create this." Scott Manley YouTube...
This morning at the California Academy of Sciences, a team of former astronauts, space scientists, NASA alums, and other concerned citizens of the solar system announced an unprecedented initiative to place a solar-orbiting telescope in deep space. The B612 Foundation wants to map the inner...