March 2015
Space weather: the public & policy
...those risks is highly desirable, and well within human capabilities. One of these risks is the impact of near-Earth objects, especially smaller objects such as the Chelyabinsk meteor of February 2013. This 12,000-ton meteor exploded in the atmosphere...
27 August 2015
No, an asteroid isn’t about to strike Puerto Rico in September, NASA says
... that even NASA has stepped into the fray. NASA’s Near-Earth Object office has been prompted to speak to the press about how... while NASA is stressing that no “known object” is about to hit Earth. The great thing about conspiracy theories is that...
20 January 2017
Winners and potential losers of the Obama and Trump administrations
... the NSF/DOE Large Synoptic Survey Telescope); enhancing prediction of and preparedness for space hazards, notably Near Earth Objects (NEOs) and space weather; and harnessing the small satellite revolution. At present, it is too early to tell what...
12 August 2020
Arecibo Observatory damaged by broken cable
... radar astronomy. Arecibo is also home to a team that runs the Planetary Radar Project supported by NASA’s Near-Earth Object Observations Program in NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office through a grant awarded to UCF. The facility has endured...
December 2014
Asteroid Redirect Mission: preparing for Mars in deep space
... Overview”, AIAA SPACE 2014 Conference and Exposition, San Diego, CA, August 2014. 8 Yeomans, D., et al “Deflecting a Hazardous Near Earth Object”, presented at the 1st International Planetary Defense Conference, http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/neo/pdc_paper...
January 2019
Visiting an asteroid to find out how life began
.... Makoto is additionally interested in the issue of planetary defence, which concerns potential Earth impacts from celestial bodies. He is a member of the NEO (Near Earth Object) working group in the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, and was one...
