NASA's DART spacecraft and the 2nd stage booster captured 'captured about 10 hours after launch," by the Virtual Telescope ...

NASA’s $324.5 million DART spacecraft flew into an asteroid about half a mile in diameter, and was smashed into thousands of bits and pieces on Sept. 26, 2022. But instead of sighs, the impact was met ...

With the recent success of NASA's DART mission, asteroid deflection technology has made huge strides. Where does that leave ...

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NASA's Lucy spacecraft will add another asteroid encounter to its 4-billion-mile journey. On Nov. 1, 2023, the Southwest ...

NASA insists it will be a near miss with no chance of the asteroid hitting Earth. NASA said Wednesday that this newly ...

The likelihood of an asteroid hitting Earth in the next hundred years is a topic of much debate among scientists. While it is ...

The best Google Easter eggs of 2022 (and a few early ones from 2023, for good measure) bring a dose of fun and whimsy to our favorite search engine.

One of last year’s space highlights was the NASA DART mission’s collision with Dimorphos (seen right in the animation above), the small moon of the binary asteroid Didymos (seen left). The impact meas ...

There are also emerging peaceful uses of RPO, such as space tugs that can repair or relocate failed satellites, or remove ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will add another asteroid encounter to its 4-billion-mile journey. On November 1, 2023, Lucy will get a close-up view of a small main-belt asteroid to conduct an engineering ...