Inaugural AYYIC, July 1 to 31, 2026

ASTEROID YINYANG INNOVATion Challenge

Cosmic Yin & Yang

FACT: Asteroids contributed to the origins of life

FACT: Asteroids pose looming threats to Earth and humanity

ASTEROID YINYANG INNOVATion Challenge

Cosmic Yin & Yang

FACT: Asteroids contributed to the origins of life

FACT: Asteroids pose looming threats to Earth and humanity

Form or Join a Team, IDEATE, INTEGRATE, Implement...

Initiatives & Programs

Start-ups (For- and Non- Profits)

Apps & Technology Solutions

Ideas and plans for programs or outputs that raise awareness and/or boost community engagement / spur action around +/- asteroids.

Apps & Technology Solutions

Start-ups (For- and Non- Profits)

Apps & Technology Solutions

Ideas for software and hardware development that aid in access to data/information, engaging broader scientific or every-day communities, facilitating efforts to improve asteroid tracking and monitoring?

Start-ups (For- and Non- Profits)

Ideas and plans to materialize long term, sustainable impact as a non-profit entity or for-profit business with a focus on extracting asteroid resources? protecting Earth and other orbital assets? Sky's the limit.

"We Can Thank Deep-Space Asteroids for Helping Start Life on Earth" & "Welp, We Now We Have 20,000

That time STUDENTS developed a plan to stop Armageddon!

"In the 1960s, when the possibility of an asteroid impact alarmed the American public for the first time, MIT students drafted a blueprint for saving the Earth."

on that note...

There are millions of asteroids in our solar system, with over 1.1 million estimated in the main Asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter alone. While more than 1,700 Near-Earth Asteroids have been discovered and classified as potentially hazardous, scientists are continuously monitoring asteroids to track their orbits and assess risks. And then, there are those keen on asteroid mining as a business and resource opportunity.

Citizens worldwide from all walks of life are enthused by the cosmos. Many have big ideas vested in the future. Some are even keen on planetary sustainability.

Students are particularly well poised to be the solvers of the most pressing issues of our time .

Let's see what they come up with, let's see what they can do!

Read the National Geographic piece

Move your ideas to the outer limits.

ASTEROID YINYANG INNOVATion Challenge

ASTEROID YINYANG INNOVATion Challenge

Form or Join a Team, IDEATE, INTEGRATE, Implement...

Initiatives & Programs

Start-ups (For- and Non- Profits)

Apps & Technology Solutions

Apps & Technology Solutions

Start-ups (For- and Non- Profits)

Apps & Technology Solutions

Start-ups (For- and Non- Profits)

Start-ups (For- and Non- Profits)

Start-ups (For- and Non- Profits)

"We Can Thank Deep-Space Asteroids for Helping Start Life on Earth" & "Welp, We Now We Have 20,000

"We Can Thank Deep-Space Asteroids for Helping Start Life on Earth" & "Welp, We Now We Have 20,000

"We Can Thank Deep-Space Asteroids for Helping Start Life on Earth" & "Welp, We Now We Have 20,000

"We Can Thank Deep-Space Asteroids for Helping Start Life on Earth" & "Welp, We Now We Have 20,000

"We Can Thank Deep-Space Asteroids for Helping Start Life on Earth" & "Welp, We Now We Have 20,000

"We Can Thank Deep-Space Asteroids for Helping Start Life on Earth" & "Welp, We Now We Have 20,000

That time STUDENTS developed a plan to stop Armageddon!

Asteroid Foundation & Asteroid Day promote awareness & education for asteroid opportunities & risks!

Asteroid Foundation & Asteroid Day promote awareness & education for asteroid opportunities & risks!

Asteroid Foundation & Asteroid Day promote awareness & education for asteroid opportunities & risks!

Asteroid Foundation & Asteroid Day promote awareness & education for asteroid opportunities & risks!

Asteroid Foundation & Asteroid Day promote awareness & education for asteroid opportunities & risks!

Asteroid Foundation & Asteroid Day promote awareness & education for asteroid opportunities & risks!

Join us - JULY 1-31, 2026

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ASTEROID YINYANG INNOVATion Challenge

ASTEROID YINYANG INNOVATion Challenge

Form or Join a Team, IDEATE, INTEGRATE, Implement...

Initiatives & Programs

Start-ups (For- and Non- Profits)

Apps & Technology Solutions

Apps & Technology Solutions

Start-ups (For- and Non- Profits)

Apps & Technology Solutions

Start-ups (For- and Non- Profits)

Start-ups (For- and Non- Profits)

Start-ups (For- and Non- Profits)

"We Can Thank Deep-Space Asteroids for Helping Start Life on Earth" & "Welp, We Now We Have 20,000

That time STUDENTS developed a plan to stop Armageddon!

Asteroid Foundation & Asteroid Day promote awareness & education for asteroid opportunities & risks!

Join us - JULY 1-31, 2026

Rules

Registration

Rubric

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Registration

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Registration

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