In this case, that dart is NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the spacecraft that crashed last November into the asteroid Dimorphos in hopes of redirecting its course. On March 2 ...

“And that’s not better.” An asteroid like that would require a different kind of deflection system—a spacecraft with a powerful enough engine that it could land on the surface of the ...

"Sending multiple smaller impactors not only results in a higher asteroid push but also potentially saves operational cost ...

And what happens if one country mounts an asteroid-deflection test and accidentally nudges the object toward another part of the planet, rather than the infinite expanse of space? The affected ...

“It’s an exciting time,” says Ed Lu, a retired NASA astronaut and founder of the B612 Foundation, a nonprofit devoted to asteroid detection and deflection. “I think DART’s going to be a ...

no question about that" by the results and the attention the mission has brought to asteroid deflection. The team's scientists said the amount of debris apparently played a role in the outcome.

An award-winning UK scientist warns that it might be too late to deflect the “city killer” asteroid that’s headed toward Earth. Deflection efforts “might not be able to stop 2024 YR4 ...

You can get in touch with Jess by emailing [email protected]. We might be able to defend Earth from a future asteroid impact using something straight out of a sci-fi movie: a blast of X-rays.

(CNN) — When NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft intentionally slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos in September 2022, the impact may have caused “global deformation” of the ...

NASA has issued a disturbing update on the 'city destroying' asteroid that could hit the moon in some seven years.