This category is for sites on defending the planet from global threats such as possible asteroids, comets, or artificial space debris.
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The UK government is to establish a panel of experts to advise on the risk of the Earth being hit by an asteroid or comet, and plans for evacuation and/or deflection.
Describes the threat of a comet impact with Earth and provides a plan of action to survive a large impact.
Online calculator for cratering effects of hypothetical asteroid impacts.
National focus in the UK for studies into the threat posed to the Earth by collisions with asteroids and comets.
Astronomers say they are well on their way to finding every asteroid that poses a threat.
(April 08, 2004)
National focus in the UK for studies into the threat posed to the Earth by collisions with asteroids and comets.
Online calculator for cratering effects of hypothetical asteroid impacts.
Describes the threat of a comet impact with Earth and provides a plan of action to survive a large impact.
The UK government is to establish a panel of experts to advise on the risk of the Earth being hit by an asteroid or comet, and plans for evacuation and/or deflection.
Astronomers say they are well on their way to finding every asteroid that poses a threat.
(April 08, 2004)
