Asteroid Day, Global Awareness- June 30, 2020
Asteroid Foundation announces that Asteroid Day, the official United Nations' day of global awareness created to educate the world about opportunities and risks asteroids present, will celebrate worldwide leading up to 30 June with thousands of independent Asteroid Day events and in Luxembourg.
Asteroid Day was co-founded in 2014 by musician Dr. Brian May of QUEEN; Apollo 9 Astronaut Rusty Schweickart; Filmmaker Grig Richters; and B612 President Danica Remy, to promote awareness and provide knowledge to the public about the importance of asteroids in our solar system history, and the role they play today and in the future. Events are scheduled leading up to 30 June, the date of the largest asteroid impact on the earth in recorded history (Tunguska). READ MORE