In 2022, NASA rammed a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if it could alter its orbital period around its parent asteroid.

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 ...

A large asteroid will pass close to Earth in July 2025. NASA and ISRO are closely monitoring its trajectory. The asteroid, ...

Measuring about 1,200 feet wide, 2005 VO5 belongs to the Aten group. These asteroids have orbits that frequently cross ...

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...

NASA celebrated its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) as a massive success, a proof of concept for saving humanity in ...

NASA reports that the space rock, measuring around 1,200 feet across, is expected to make its closest approach on Thursday, ...

A stadium-sized asteroid, 2005 VO5, is set to approach Earth tomorrow morning. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory confirms its ...

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

NASA Planetary Scientist Noah Petro dishes on what it took plan the impressive touch-and-go return mission, why much of the ...