Planetary defense is a global imperative, of course, but for the time being, NASA — and, by extension, the United States — is ...

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. Watch the ...

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

A small object, 2015 DJ155, roughly the size of the Statue of Liberty, is expected to pass by Earth on January 31, traveling ...

NASA has shared the first photos taken by the DART’s built-in camera system. Launched in November, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test — or DART for short — is an asteroid-defense system.

Dart's achievement proves such an idea would work, provided it was initiated early enough and the target wasn't overly massive. "This mission shows that Nasa is trying to be ready for whatever the ...

NASA isn't taking any chances. It is currently developing DART, a small spacecraft that will crash into an asteroid to deflect it from Earth. Follow Tech Insider: On Facebook More from News Large ...

Alinda, measuring 2.6 miles wide, will be visible this weekend. Stargazers can spot it using basic equipment or watch a livestream. Events like this occur once in a decade.

This asteroid, which measures between 65 to 147 feet in diameter, will zoom past our planet at a distance of 18 lakh kilometres. Moving at a brisk pace of 22,400 kilometres per hour, its closest ...

Whereas DART was a NASA mission, its European counterpart ESA is responsible for the follow-up mission. They call it Hera, and it departed in October 2023 as the agency's first planetary defense ...