SAN FRANCISCO — Humanity can dramatically reduce its frightening vulnerability to cataclysmic asteroid strikes with just a little extra funding and a little extra effort. That's the main message of ...
It's a cosmic roll of the dice. A major asteroid strike could cause widespread devastation and profoundly impact life on Earth, so thwarting an incoming object could be a matter of life or death.
Former NASA astronaut and current US Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) is spearheading a campaign to designate June 30 as Asteroid Day. The "holiday," which is already acknowledged in other parts of the world ...
To observe international Asteroid Day (Friday, June 30), Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium has scheduled a family-friendly weekend of hands-on activities, exhibits, an array of meteorite specimens ...