Barringer Medalist Gareth Collins describes the Chicxulub impact’s massive destruction, as well as our species present day successful DART mission to redirect asteroids which may threaten earth!

The first-ever mission to retrieve a sample of an asteroid has successfully returned!

For many years the B612 Foundation has been bringing colleagues, scientists and supporters to the crater for a first-hand look at what even a small asteroid can do to the earth.

Hosted by the Center for International Research and Restitution on Impacts and on Rochechouart (CIRRIR), Rochechouart France is celebrating with a series of public events, competitions and presentations!

Have you recently searched on Google for information about the DART program or Meteorites?

Don’t miss the Lowell Observatory DART Impact Event Monday September 26!

DART: Double Asteroid Redirection Test, one of NASA’s planetary defense missions, is aiming for the binary, near-Earth asteroid pair Didymos which orbits Dimorphous.

The recently released Netflix film Don’t Look Up explores the science of discovering an asteroid headed for earth. An astronomer consultant on the film, Dr. Amy Mainzer, discusses how realistically the science is portrayed