Malta International Symposium on Near Earth Hazardous Asteroids NASA will be represented at a five-day Malta symposium by scientists who will discuss Near Earth Hazardous Asteroids, being held by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science at the Russian Centre of Science and Culture to mark the World Day of Astronomy. The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), represented by the Space Research Institute, Institute of Astronomy and Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics in cooperation with the European Space Agency are co-organisers of the symposium.