Experts have warned that NASA's asteroid deflection system could inadvertently send one towards Earth. The Double Asteroid ...

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. The Les Makes ...

When engineers at a control center in Turin, Italy, sent a faint radio signal into space, they set off a world-first ...

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission Team was awarded the 2024 Michael Collins Trophy for Current Achievement. In 2022, NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission ...

For weeks, Elena Adams has been leading her team at the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, through ...

Scientists caution that asteroid deflection must be precise, as striking the wrong spot risks sending it through a gravitational keyhole that sets up a future collision with Earth. Using lessons from ...

To avoid this scenario, Makadia's team plotted the best spots on an asteroid's surface to avoid the keyhole. Their technique ...

Our first attempt at shifting the orbit of an asteroid has provided crucial insight into how we could safely deflect a space ...

HOUSTON -- Humanity could face one less doomsday scenario if NASA has its way. On Friday, the space agency announced plans to redirect the course of a small asteroid approaching Earth, as part of the ...

CHICAGO -- A NASA spacecraft has intentionally slammed into an asteroid in humanity's first test of planetary defense. The impact occurred at 7:15 p.m. ET greeted by cheers from the mission team in ...

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 ...