The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) successfully moved asteroid moonlet Dimorphos "by a whopping 33 minutes," according to NASA. See the highlights here. Credit: NASA ...

See asteroid Dimorphous, pre- and post-impact, in this time-lapse of Hubble Space Telescope imagery. The space rock was ...

YR4 might force NASA to plan the first-ever space mission to push an asteroid away from Earth. Most likely, though, it's a ...

An asteroid first spotted in December has a 1.2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Scientists are tracking the space rock to learn more about its size and trajectory.

That experiment was NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test, also known as the DART mission. The DART spacecraft launched from California in November 2021 and completed its 10-month journey when ...

The asteroid is unlikely to be cause for concern, but its detection has triggered planetary defence response procedures for ...

Planetary defense is a global imperative, of course, but for the time being, NASA — and, by extension, the United States — is ...

A small object, 2015 DJ155, roughly the size of the Statue of Liberty, is expected to pass by Earth on January 31, traveling ...

YR4, which was recently spotted in the cosmos with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth in the coming years, may have caused ...

A massive asteroid discovered last month could crash into Earth and it has now triggered a planetary defence response having ...

NASA warns of three asteroids, including a bus-sized space rock, passing close to Earth on January 30, 2025. Find out their ...

Rock wider than football pitch could have devastating impact if it hits our planet – which, according to Nasa scientists, is ...