With the recent success of NASA's DART mission, asteroid deflection technology has made huge strides. Where does that leave Hollywood's more cinematic portrayals of asteroid smashing?

Planetary scientists attending the first major conference since NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) permanently moved a space rock offered early findings about the asteroid and the impact.

No? Well then you’re in luck, because NASA is just a few hours from intentionally smashing a probe into the minor planet Dimorphos as part of Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART ...

NASA has begun work on an asteroid-hunting telescope to protect Earth from disaster. NEO Surveyor is a new space telescope made to advance NASA’s planetary defense efforts by finding near-Earth ...

NASA said Thursday the Lucy mission team has decided to stop any further deployment of the solar array. They have concluded ...

Just last month, NASA launched a small probe called the Lunar Flashlight toward the moon. The small probe was expected to test a new green propellant on its four-month voyage to the moon ...

"A minor asteroid, only a handful of kilometers across, can be seen streaking across the upper left-hand side of this image," ESA said. The space rock's trail is ... from ESA and NASA, has been ...

An asteroid just a bit smaller than the historic ocean liner the Titanic is barreling toward Earth's direction and will pass the planet on Monday, according to NASA's asteroid tracker. The ...