| THE SPACEGUARD CENTRE |
 Spaceguard UK is the national focus in the UK for studies into the threat posed to the Earth by collisions with asteroids and comets, and has recently established the privately funded Spaceguard Centre at the former Powys Observatory.
We welcome visitors to the Spaceguard Centre. Come and see what we do, learn about Spaceguard and experience the wonders of astronomy
The aim of The Spaceguard Centre is to develop and maintain a world-class facility for astronomical research and science education with a view to furthering the goals of Public Understanding of Science with a specific emphasis on the Spaceguard project.
What this means is that we want to bring the wonders of the universe to everyone in a fun and understandable way. At the same time we want to raise public awareness of the threat of asteroid and comet impacts, and the ways in which we can predict and prevent them.
What Is The Spaceguard Project?
The threat posed to mankind by the impact of an asteroid or comet is now widely recognised as one of the most significant risks to human civilisation, yet there is no co-ordinated international effort to identify threatening Near Earth Objects (NEO’s) or to deal with them once detected.
Over the past decade or so it has become apparent that asteroidal and cometary impacts have played a dramatic, possibly leading role in the development of this planet, and the evolution of life. Natural Science is in the throes of a revolution in thinking, akin to that that occurred after the publication of Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection”. With this understanding comes the realisation that there is no reason to believe that this extraterrestrial influence is at an end, and the possibility that a major impact could severely disrupt, or even destroy our current way of life on a global scale is one to be considered seriously.
As a result of this ongoing research there is a growing international movement dedicated to quantifying and assessing the risk, and to determining methods of avoiding threatening impacts. While the subject has traditionally suffered from a great deal of scepticism this attitude is now disappearing, and the matter has become one of serious research.
Approx 40 mins drive from Builth Wells. Please check Spaceguard web site (or phone) for directions & opening times
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The Spaceguard Centre |
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Llanshay Lane Knighton Powys LD7 1LW |
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