Astronomers at the University of Maryland found that a surprising burst of rocky debris released during the DART mission ...

NASA has been tracking an asteroid with unusual characteristics, but could there be more to the story than they’re letting on ...

In 2022, NASA rammed a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if it could alter its orbital period around its parent asteroid.

NASA's DART mission successfully disrupted asteroid's orbit The mission late last month sent a spacecraft to collide with an asteroid.

The spacecraft NASA deliberately crashed into an asteroid last month succeeded in nudging the rocky moonlet from its natural path into a faster orbit, marking the first time humanity has altered ...

NASA tests planetary defense with asteroid collision Seven million miles from Earth, a NASA spacecraft crashed head on into a tiny asteroid Monday at a mind-boggling 14,000 mph, the first real ...

“This technique is thought to be the most technologically mature approach for mitigating a potentially hazardous asteroid,” NASA’s planetary defense officer Lindley Johnson explained in a ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson called the first planetary defense test a “bullseye,” confirming DART’s impact changed the orbit of Dimorphos around Didymos by 32 minutes.

NASA’s first planetary defense test, known as DART, sent a spacecraft crashing into an asteroid at 14,000 mph to knock it off course. In the coming weeks scientists will study the effectiveness ...

NASA asteroid defense setback prompts experts to warn about gaps in Earth’s planetary protection strategy. Length: 145 ...

Once again, the US public says NASA should prioritize asteroid defense Just 7 percent of US women want NASA to prioritize humans to Mars.

NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid Monday, marking a win for the agency's plan in case a devastating asteroid collision should ever threaten humanity. The 1,260-pound Double Asteroid ...