Intentionally hitting an asteroid's moon allows for a lasting change in the primary asteroid's orbit around the Sun. This is one of the results from the experiment conducted by NASA's DART mission.

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope provided a better understanding of the asteroid's orbit. The 300-foot-long asteroid was previously considered a threat to both Earth and the moon.

The upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to impact the Moon at over seven times the speed of sound in August this year. The object has been tracked by noted astronomer Bill Gray, who ...