It's Asteroid Day, an international asteroid-awareness event
2 points by defective 3 years ago | 1 comment- defective 3 years agoAsteroid Day "is the United Nations sanctioned day of public awareness of the risks of asteroid impacts" [0] though in practice, it's a pretty fun day of learning about asteroids through local events and even 24 hours of streamed programming on Twitch and YouTube. [1]
The current incarnation of Asteroid Day seems to be a push by a group of scientists and filmmakers, among them astrophysicist Dr. Brian May, and more aimed at celebrating asteroids and their role in the solar system.