Professor Amy Mainzer presented “Earth-Approaching Asteroids and Comets: Opportunity and Risk” at the Fouler Museum at UCLA comparing past earth impacts with the size and density of the meteorites that caused them to determine which meteors would be harmful to earth.

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!

“For the first time ever, humanity has changed the orbit of a planetary object”

Come see the most amazing well preserved Meteor Crater in any season!

The DART Mission impact was only the beginning of the research around altering the orbit of the asteroid.

A coordinated effort among many astronomers resulted in the prediction of the impact location for this meteor

Debris Blast after Dimorphos hit and orbit alteration by DART Mission

The Italian Space Agency satellite which followed the DART impact has provided these images at the time of impact and just after.

10 months after launch and 7 million miles away, DART perfectly impacted Dimorphos in the worlds first planetary defense test

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

Watch NASA’s DART Mission Live on 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.