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Head of the European Space Agency Dr. Jan Woerner talks about the space agency of the future in this clip from Asteroid Day LIVE. This is part of a panel discussion with Professor Brian Cox and Luxembourg Deputy Prime Minister Etienne Schneider.

MEDIA INFORMATION: Asteroid Day LIVE will be distributed via a dedicated SES satellite (19.2 East), available on local channels subscribing to the SES satellite network, and the Asteroid Day website. Media outlets can download the feed directly from the satellite or request streaming information from PR@AsteroidDay.org (via CDN). Please visit our Newsroom, here, for the Press […]

QUESTION FROM ALASDAIR TAYLOR How would you propose to survey and track all NEO of the size of Tunguska? I mean 25th abs magnitude is faint and I can believe that this is the main reason the red line flattens off. What telescope setup would you describe as being ideal for hunting these objects? I […]

First question: What created the many elliptical Carolina Bay landform depressions? There are thousands of enigmatic oval-shaped depressions in the Atlantic Coastal Plain, many of which are enclosed by low sandy ridges. They were dubbed “Carolina Bays” by F.A. Melton and William Schriever, who suggested in 1933 that they were scars formed by impacts from […]

A full-dome version of a previously released animation on the Asteroid Impact Mission has been created by Science Office for ESA. Learn more about Asteroid Impact Mission. Download links Audio (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish) Music Video

Watch this 360° VR experience about an asteroid hitting earth, created by Discovery Science.

In this short activity, participants learn about the characteristics and location of asteroids and build their own model asteroid using clay. Learn more about activity.

In this 30 to 45 minute activity, students (in teams of 4-5) experiment to create craters and learn about the landscape of the moon. The students make observations on how the size and mass, direction, and velocity of the projectile impacts the size and shape of the crater. Learn more about Asteroids & Lunar Landscape activity.

You can find this poster in a bigger version in the link below as PDF and PSD files. Asteroid Day – Protect Our Earth Poster (2018)  

The team at squad in collaboration with the B612 Foundation (http://sentinelmission.org/) have created a mod based upon the proposed Sentinel space telescope designed to discover asteroids. Learn more about Kerbal Space Program.

Following instructions to register for observing steroid activities by OSIRIS-REx. OBSERVE AN ASTEROID  

Activity book provides you with fun activities to teach children about asteroid and some of the science concepts involving the NEAR mission. NEAR Mission Activities for Children (PDF)