When a massive asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, the solution seems straightforward; smash a spacecraft into it and knock it ...

If asteroid deflection missions aren’t conducted with the utmost care and precision, they may send objects through a ...

The asteroid Dimorphos, left, is shown with its larger companion Didymos in space as it blasts dust and boulders in a lopsided debris cone following the NASA DART mission on Sept. 26, 2022. Credit: ...

The label " space rock " feels like an understatement for what NASA just observed. A rock is something you throw at a window ...

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These images, showing ejecta around the impacted near-Earth asteroids, were taken during the approach (with Didymos to the upper left) and departure (Didymos to the upper right) of DART's companion ...

These threats are real, and I think what makes this time special is we can do something about it. I really love when science can have impact on Earth. And for me, it just it felt like *** gap, right ...

A spacecraft that will deliberately crash into an asteroid is preparing to launch. The DART mission, or NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test, will lift off at 10:20 p.m. PT on November 23 aboard a ...