World Space Week
Here at NEOROCKS, we are loving the World Space Week and this year's celebration of Women in Space. Among the many events, have a listen to the interview with Maruška Strah, Executive Director of World Space Week Association and mentor at UNOOSA’s Space4Women programme. NEOROCKS supports women in space from an early age, starting with our young mini-Neorockers! Photo from official poster of
NEOROCKS @ European Researchers’ Night
NEOROCKS was out and about for the European Researchers' Night! Have a look at the fantastic "Professoroni" lesson in Perugia (minute 1:22:21), with our very own Ettori Perozzi (ASI) and an unusual group of students (in Italian language).
NEOROCKS at Superquark!
Superquark is the most popular and respected scientific outreach TV programme in Italy. It introduces the general public to all sorts of scientific topics explaining scientific facts with an easy to understand language, real footage and renders. On August 25th, the episode looked at the importance of research on asteroids and of space missions that will be launched to deflect their
Let’s hunt asteroids!
Do you think that spotting asteroids is an easy task? Really? Have a go at the game available onto the website of our partner Neospace: https://www.neospace.pl/asteroid-day/. You’ll see 5 pairs of photos found by the Yasutani program and your task will be to identify an asteroid within plenty of stars. Use the 1410 code to log in and have fun! Photo by Greg
Asteroids at the AstroValberg festival
From the 9th to the 11th of August 2021, the AstroValberg departmental festival returns for its second edition. This year's event explores the solar system with a rich programme: night-time walks, sky observation evenings, creative workshops, and many conferences… including the one of our Neorocker, Benoit Carry (Lagrange laboratory of the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur -OCA), on "How to
Neorocks 4 Kids – on-line!
For Asteroid Day 2021, join us for the launch of Neorocks4Kids! Neorocks4Kids uses 3 short videos to share our project with children, the next generation, the mini-Neorockers! With a little help from own mini-neorocker Clara, our Neorockers will tell us about asteroids, about how to spot and name an asteroid and about the telescopes we need to do it. Tune in to #Neorocks4Kids
NEOROCKS 4 Kids at Asteroid Day 2021
Join us on 30 June for Neorocks4Kids at Asteroid Day 2021!! World premiere of our Neorocks4Kids videos, for all those inquiring minds! Details here and event hosted on our YouTube channel.
NEOROCKS 4 KIDS – Seeking YOUR input!
Here at Neorocks, we want to help inform the next generation of Neorockers! We want to get information out to the younger generations, help them to understand more about asteroids and about all the amazing science and technology that surrounds them. We have some ideas about how to do this
Osiris-Rex leaves Bennu
Osiris-Rex is coming home. Nasa's robotic prospector reached asteroid Bennu in 2018 and spent two years flying near and around it, before collecting rubble from the surface in October 2020. It is estimated that the spacecraft has collected between 200gr to 400gr of samples, cited as Nasa’s biggest cosmic haul since the Apollo moon rocks. The trip back home started yesterday and
NEOROCKS on YouTube
We have just launched our NEOROCKS YouTube Channel. We’ll be updating it regularly and for now you can find our partners e-lightning talks from the 7th IAA Planetary Defense Confererence. It’s Friday, settle down this evening with a glass of wine and some popcorn and learn some more about Near Earth Objects! Photo by GR Stocks on Unsplash