The StAnD project was presented during a big event organized in Ellinogermaniki Agogi, Greece, for the European Researchers Night 2024 at the end of September. Participants both young and old got the chance to discuss the importance of planetary defense and the study...
Asteroid 2024 PT5 will become a temporary satellite of Earth for 2 months. Credit: NASA. 2024 PT5 is a near-Earth object roughly 11 metres (36 ft) in diameter discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) at the Sutherland Observatory in...
We’re excited to announce the first slot for an Asteroid Search Campaign for the Erasmus+ project Students As PlaNetary Defenders (StAnD)! This campaign runs from 25 October to 19 November 2024, in collaboration with the International Astronomical Search...
During StAnD, your students will have a chance to hunt for micrometeorites. These tiny particles, thought to have come from the oldest matter there is, are the remnants of minerals from even before the planets in our Solar System formed. They may even contain dust...
The StAnD project is led by the team from Italy’s National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), and they also lead the way in spreading the word about this initiative. On 24 July they held the first Multiplier Event to show the project to the public. Nearly 100 people...
