In the Northern Hemisphere, June 20 is the day on which the sun is highest in the sky, aka the summer solstice! This is the ...

In previous years, the day has been celebrated by dozens of local events in institutions around the world, with talks centering around asteroid science that were topical that year. Last year ...

This year’s Asteroid Day has events planned worldwide and online. An excellent Asteroid Day 2023 webpage has been created by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, filled with teachable moments ...

A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, ...

International Asteroid Day aims to raise public awareness about ... This will be a once-in-a-millennium event and a unique occasion for a worldwide campaign to raise awareness with regard to ...

International Asteroid Day, observed on June 30, commemorates the 1908 Tunguska event in Siberia, where an asteroid explosion flattened 830 square miles of forest. Established by the UN in 2016 ...

Thursday is International Asteroid Day, an annual event intended to raise awareness about the potential hazards that asteroids pose to our planet. It's also the anniversary of the Tunguska event ...

The United Nations has designated June 30 as International Asteroid Day. That’s the date of the Tunguska Event – the largest observed strike in recorded history. The idea is to raise public ...

This year, in honor of Asteroid Day, the Asteroid Foundation will host a two-day event in Luxembourg featuring lectures, space-themed workshops, and family activities on Friday and Saturday.

Lowell Observatory along with Meteor Crater and Barringer Space Museum will co-host Asteroid Day Flagstaff on June 30. The daylong public event is meant to discuss asteroids and their impacts on ...

Robin George Andrews, author of "How to Kill an Asteroid," joins The Excerpt to ... and more USA TODAY podcasts right here Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each ...

June 30 marks Asteroid Day, a holiday observed annually to reflect on the prospect of a planet-destroying space rock striking Earth and what scientists are doing to mitigate that risk. The day is ...