Nearly DART time…
For the first time ever, planetary defence teams are attempting to deliberately collide with a target asteroid, in order to change its speed and path. This is DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test), the first ever mission to dedicated to investigating and demonstrating a method of asteroid deflection by changing an asteroid’s motion in space through kinetic impact. It has potentially HUGE
ESA NEO August Newsletter
A litte late, because the Neorockers have been taking a wee summer break before the busy autumn, but better late than never! Here is the August newsletter from ESA SSA-NEO. Enjoy! Photo by Maddi Bazzocco on Unsplash
Asteroid Day with Czech Academy of Sciences
On the occasion of Asteroid Day 2022, scientists from the Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences organised a meeting with the general public. After a short presentation entitled “Near-Earth asteroids - danger and opportunity”, scientists answered questions from the audience and commented on various topics requested by the guests. Click here to find out more about the partner's role in
ESA NEO June Newsletter
The ESA SSA-NEO Coordination Centre has released the June newsletter. Access it here for the most relevant data and events on asteroids and comets approaching the orbit of the Earth.
April Newsletter from NEOCC
The ESA SSA-NEO Coordination Centre has released its April newsletter. Download it here
March Newsletter from NEOCC
The ESA SSA-NEO Coordination Centre has released its March newsletter. Download it here to learn about the most relevant data and events on asteroids and comets approaching the orbit of the Earth. If you want the newsletter straight in your inbox every month, just fill in the form here.
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NEOROCKS @ EPSC 2021
Our Neorockers were out in force at the Europlanet Science Congress (13 – 24 September 2021) and you can find all their presentations on our new Scientific Outputs page (which we are very proud of, so check it out!!!). Photo by Tamara Gak on Unsplash
NEOROCKS at Superquark!
Superquark is the most popular and respected scientific outreach TV programme in Italy. It introduces the general public to all sorts of scientific topics explaining scientific facts with an easy to understand language, real footage and renders. On August 25th, the episode looked at the importance of research on asteroids and of space missions that will be launched to deflect their
Neorocks 4 Kids – on-line!
For Asteroid Day 2021, join us for the launch of Neorocks4Kids! Neorocks4Kids uses 3 short videos to share our project with children, the next generation, the mini-Neorockers! With a little help from own mini-neorocker Clara, our Neorockers will tell us about asteroids, about how to spot and name an asteroid and about the telescopes we need to do it. Tune in to #Neorocks4Kids