When NASA's DART mission crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos, the first stage of the impact saw the spacecraft's solar panels ...

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

When NASA's DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid moon Dimorphos in September 2022, it didn't just change the asteroid's ...

In the almost three years since NASA proved that it could successfully deflect an asteroid, we’ve learned a lot about these ...

Planetary defense scientists say NASA’s DART asteroid redirection mission sent space rocks hurtling on unexpected ...

How does a planetary defense mission intended to push an asteroid off course manage to release a torrent of boulders with the same momentum as the spacecraft? NASA’s groundbreaking experiment, the ...

When NASA’s DART spacecraft collided with a small asteroid moon in late 2022, the impact made history. It was the first ...

When NASA steered its Dart probe into an asteroid, it was supposed to determine how much it could be deflected. The ...

NASA's DART spacecraft attempted to deflect an asteroid about the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza. New work tracking the debris has found a few fairly large surprises.

NASA's DART spacecraft unintentionally triggered a massive boulder ejection upon impacting asteroid moon Dimorphos, ...

NASA's asteroid-deflection strategy, demonstrated by the DART mission, encountered a complication as large boulders were ejected into space post-impact.

World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth ...