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AD Stories: Alan Fitzsimmons on an Impactful Night in Sudan

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Yesterday we heard about the importance of international collaboration in the hunt for asteroids and asteroid research. Alan Fitzsimmons, Professor of Astronomy at the Queen’s University Belfast Astrophysics Research Centre, provides us…

Asteroids and Inclusivity in Chile

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Yesterday, the news of a special Asteroid Day event by the Diego Portales University‘s (Universidad Diego Portales) Astronomy Hub reached us here at Asteroid Day HQ. The faculty – having made…

AD Stories: Patrick Michel on Collaboration in Astronomy

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AD Stories is heading to France today where Patrick Michel leads the “Theories and Observations in Planetology” team at the Lagrange Laboratory of the Côte d’Azur Observatory in Nice. Patrick shared an anecdote…

AD Stories: Rusty Schweickart and the Barringer Crater

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Wow. What a day it’s been. Asteroid Day 2017 has gone by and from what we can gauge so far based on overall views, social media impressions and newspaper articles, it…

Asteroid Day LIVE – Hosts Announced

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While the cornerstone of any broadcasting endeavour such as Asteroid Day LIVE from Luxembourg are its renowned speakers, we managed to secure equally high calibre hosts for the 6-hour broadcast on June…