A test to protect Earth from asteroids unleashed a swarm of boulders—and a new study suggests that there may be some ...
In 2022, the world watched with fascination as NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in a test of what kind of defense options might be available to humanity if an incoming ...
Chinese scientists call for focus on asteroid missions China should intensify its asteroid research and focus on sample ...
In 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirect Test (DART) smashed into the asteroid Dimorphos in a successful test of planetary defense technology. That success was measured by a significant shift in ...
The asteroid that NASA flung a spacecraft into was deformed by the collision, but it appears to have reshaped itself and healed. The asteroid, named Dimorphos, was slammed into by NASA's Double ...
CNN — (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 ...
When NASA's DART deep space probe smashed into the asteroid Dimorphos, it didn't leave a crater. Instead, there was a splash, where the asteroid was distorted like a jelly as its entire structure ...
This illustration provided by NASA depicts the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft at the asteroid Bennu. The craft sent a sample from the asteroid back to Earth. (AP) When most people imagine an asteroid, they ...