Asteroid impacts are incredibly rare events, but they have the potential to cause irreparable damage to our planet. This year at the Planetary Defense Conference, a group of people took part in efforts to prepare the world for a fictional impact. Hosted by the International Academy of Astronautics, the 7th conference took place in Vienna …
Asteroid Day
Today marks the international day of awareness and education about asteroids – Asteroid Day! It’s a huge program, organising events all over the world, and headquartered from Luxembourg. The date of June 30th was chosen specially to mark the anniversary of the Tunguska event. In 1908 Siberia, an asteroid exploded, flattening 2,000 square kilometres of …