Asteroid Day is an annual global awareness movement where people from around the world come together to learn about asteroids ... and what we can do to protect our planet, our families, communities, and future generations. Asteroid Day will be held on the anniversary of the 1908 Siberian Tunguska event, the largest asteroid impact on Earth in recent history. It was co-founded by Queen guitarist Dr. Brian May, B612 COO Danica Remy, filmmaker Grigorij Richters and Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart. Over 100 astronauts, scientists, technologists and artists, including Brian May, Richard Dawkins, Bill Nye, Peter Gabriel, Jim Lovell, Alexei Leonov, Bill Anders, Kip Thorne, Lord Martin Rees, Chris Hadfield, Rusty Schweickart and Brian Cox co-signed the Asteroid Day Declaration. Asteroid Day was officially launched on December 3, 2014 read more