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 ...

The James Webb Space Telescope had to perform outside of its design limits to observe the collision of NASA's DART probe with ...

NASA is very pleased with the degree to which it rocked an asteroid's shit. The agency is pleasantly surprised by how much material was released when it intentionally smashed its Double Asteroid ...

Another very exciting recent development came last year, by the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, which successfully collided a spacecraft into an asteroid and changed its direction.

A 130-foot aircraft-sized asteroid is bolting towards Earth and could make a close approach soon. Here's what NASA said.

That comes from the design of the ship, Thomas said. NASA has a research grant to model how a spacecraft could be engineered to work with nuclear-powered rocket engines. The crew would be at the ...

It's an especially pertinent topic considering NASA's recent successful deflection of asteroid Didymos by smashing its Double Asteroid Reduction Test (DART) spacecraft into it last year ...

The probe covers about 1.86 million vehicles.The parts could hit the windshield of following vehicles or even a motorcycle rider, possibly causing loss of control and a crash, the agency said.The ...

Get ready for a close encounter of the celestial kind. On the afternoon of Jan. 26, the tiny asteroid 2023 BU will whiz only about 2,175 miles (3,500 km) from the Earth's surface. Before you bolt ...

Author Daniel Suarez's 'Critical Mass' turns asteroid mining into a case to save our planet from climate change and more in a thrilling new space adventure. (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab ...