The dramatic mission to alter an asteroid’s trajectory created a debris trail stretching tens of thousands of miles behind the “moonlet” Dimorphos, according to NASA. Scientists say the ...

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 ...

after Lucy made the first of three planned Earth flybys that will help fling the spacecraft out toward the orbit of Jupiter. Related: NASA asteroid surveyor snaps stunning views of Earth and moon ...

The spacecraft is on track to reach its strange metallic destination by 2029. (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) NASA's Psyche asteroid ...

NASA has announced ... yes, will trial a system developed to deflect potentially Earth-threatening asteroids or comets — is slated to smash into an unlucky asteroid next month, in September.

The NASA spacecraft, currently en route to visit Jupiter’s mysterious Trojan asteroids, will fly past a tiny main belt asteroid in order to test an innovative tracking system. The target ...

the world’s first trial of planetary defense technology, to redirect a potential dangerous comet or asteroid. That’s right. On September 26, NASA will fly its DART spacecraft straight into the ...

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 ...

NASA’s DART mission smacked into an asteroid on Monday, for science. The experiment — which wrapped up on Monday night shortly after 7 pm EST with the total obliteration of the spacecraft ...

As the NASA Lucy spacecraft travels through the inner edge of the main asteroid belt in the Fall of 2023, the spacecraft will fly by the small, as-of-yet unnamed, asteroid (152830) 1999 VD57.