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 impact on Dimorphos unleashed boulders with more force than expected, complicating future defences.

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

The report comes on the heels of President Donald Trump’s initial budget proposal for NASA, which calls for historically large cuts to the space agency.

There are currently no known asteroids on an impact course with the planet. Still, scientists are keeping a watchful eye on ...

NASA successfully disrupted the orbit of an asteroid in a mission last month that tested a strategy to defend against a potential asteroid headed toward Earth, the agency said on Tuesday.

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

NASA tests planetary defense with asteroid collision 01:37. 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 ...

Once again, the US public says NASA should prioritize asteroid defense Just 7 percent of US women want NASA to prioritize humans to Mars. Eric Berger – Jul 20, 2023 10:49 am | 242 ...

The idea of a massive asteroid hurtling towards Earth, threatening our very existence, sounds like the plot of a Hollywood ...

The NASA DART spacecraft will impact the asteroid Dimorphos on the evening of Sept. 26. The asteroid, which has a diameter of 525 feet, poses no threat to Earth.

“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 ...