The Spaceguard Centre & Observatory

The Spaceguard Centre is the only organisation in the UK addressing the hazard of Near Earth Objects.

NEOs are asteroids and comets that come close to, and sometimes collide with the Earth. Such impacts can have devastating effects – they have in the past and will in the future unless we use available technologies to prevent them.

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The Spaceguard Centre runs regular tours of the observatory. Come and see our facilities, hear about Spaceguard and learn something about the wonders of astronomy.

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Why have we brought the biggest telescope in Wales to Knighton?

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SPITZER FINDS A FLAVORFUL MIX OF ASTEROIDS

New research from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveals that asteroids somewhat near Earth, termed near-Earth objects, are a mixed bunch, with a surprisingly wide array of compositions.

NEO SURVEY: AN EFFICIENT SEARCH FOR NEAR-EARTH OBJECTS BY AN IR OBSERVATORY IN A VENUS-LIKE ORBIT

In 2003 NASA commissioned a Science Definition Team (SDT) to study the threat posed by Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), to recommend solutions for efficiently detecting NEOs down to a much lower diameter than before, and to study techniques for mitigating an impending impact.

NEW INTERNATIONAL STUDY SHOWS SOME ASTEROIDS LIVE IN OWN 'LITTLE WORLDS'

While the common perception of asteroids is that they are giant rocks lumbering about in orbit, a new study shows they actually are constantly changing "little worlds" that can give birth to smaller asteroids that split off to start their own lives as they circle around the sun.

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