The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...
NASA's DART spacecraft and the 2nd stage booster captured 'captured about 10 hours after launch," by the Virtual Telescope ...
The DART team responds to dangerous situations and apparently this home had been on their radar for some time with a long ...
On Sept. 26, 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test craft smashed into its target, the hazardous asteroid Dimorphos, ...
With a low but notable chance of hitting our moon this asteroid is in the sights of scientists. A city-block-sized asteroid ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a chance of hitting the moon. To save it from collision, scientists are considering launching a nuclear ...
Whether an asteroid is spinning neatly on its axis or tumbling chaotically, and how fast it is doing so, has been shown to be ...
Experts have warned that NASA's asteroid deflection system could inadvertently send one towards Earth. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was built by the John Hopkins Applied Physics ...
If that fails, scientists suggest preparing a nuclear option. Detonating a rocket-delivered nuke on or near the asteroid ...
After mulling several different solutions, scientists have devised an unconventional method to stop the “city killer” space ...
Is NASA really planning an Armageddon-style mission near the Moon's orbit? The US space agency, together with astronomers around the world, is considering the best way ...