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
NEOROCKS on Futuro24
Futuro24, RAI New's scientific section, leads us into Asteroid Day with a session on "Defending the Earth from Asteroids"
April Newsletter from NEOCC
The ESA SSA-NEO Coordination Centre has released its April newsletter. Download it here
Second transient Earth Trojan
Good morning Neorockers and friends! Starting the day by sharing important developments in the asteroid world. Until now, we knew for sure that only one asteroid Earth Trojan (2010 TK7) existed. Ground-breaking research has changed this, with the confirmation that 2020 XL5 is in fact the second transient Earth Trojan. In this recently published article, you can find out more about the
Don’t panic and look up!
Have you watched Don’t look up and are you wondering what would happen in real life with a NEO targeting Earth? Our NEROCKER Ettore Perozzi from the Italian Space Agency can help us understand the difference between fiction and reality. On the one hand, rather than relying on manual calculations performed by a single team of astronomers, in real life, interconnected nets
DART, the first mission to deflect an asteroid, has been launched!
Today is an important day in the asteroid world! NASA’s DART mission has been launched to test an asteroid deflection technique, targeting the Didymos binary asteroid system. Today, the European Space Agency is involved too, as the first signals coming from the space craft will be captured by the ESA’s NNO-2 antenna, measuring 4.5 metres across and located in New Norcia, Western
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
Osiris-Rex leaves Bennu
Osiris-Rex is coming home. Nasa's robotic prospector reached asteroid Bennu in 2018 and spent two years flying near and around it, before collecting rubble from the surface in October 2020. It is estimated that the spacecraft has collected between 200gr to 400gr of samples, cited as Nasa’s biggest cosmic haul since the Apollo moon rocks. The trip back home started yesterday and
NEOROCKS on YouTube
We have just launched our NEOROCKS YouTube Channel. We’ll be updating it regularly and for now you can find our partners e-lightning talks from the 7th IAA Planetary Defense Confererence. It’s Friday, settle down this evening with a glass of wine and some popcorn and learn some more about Near Earth Objects! Photo by GR Stocks on Unsplash