Donald K. Yeomans, manager of NASA’s Near-Earth Object Program, discusses the importance of comet and asteroid impacts in understanding the origin of the solar system and the evolution of life on Earth. He also addresses NASA’s current activities to prevent future Earth-threatening impact events.

Near-Earth Comets and Asteroids: Finding Them Before They Find Us

With the 2006 acquisition of the Burndy Library (a collection of nearly 70,000 items), The Huntington became one the top institutions in the world for the study of the history of science and technology. In November 2008, The Huntington opened Dibner Hall of the History of Science, which features the permanent exhibition “Beautiful Science: Ideas that Change the World.” It includes galleries devoted to astronomy, natural history, medicine, and light. In lectures and interviews, curators and scholars explore a variety of subjects in the history of science.

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Near-Earth Comets and Asteroids: Finding Them Before They Find Us

Near-Earth Comets and Asteroids: Finding Them Before They Find Us