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The asteroid Dimorphos, left, is shown with its larger companion Didymos in space as it blasts dust and boulders in a lopsided debris cone following the NASA DART mission on Sept. 26, 2022. Credit: ...

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission Team was awarded the 2024 Michael Collins Trophy for Current Achievement. In 2022, NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission ...

When we think of planet killer asteroids, survival odds might seem slim. But we aren't defenseless.

On Sept. 11, 2022, engineers at a flight control center in Turin, Italy, sent a radio signal into deep space. Its destination was NASA's DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft flying ...

NASA has reached major milestones in asteroid exploration. Here are five highlights.

"People will be hurt and killed" if we're not vigilant, scientists warn.

If a threat is confirmed, the most viable defense is kinetic impact. This involves launching a spacecraft to collide with the ...

Let’s get the first question out of the way quickly. Asteroid 2024 YR4, a 50- to 90-meter-wide Earth-approaching object, is likely not going to hit our planet in 2032. But, since the odds of it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The asteroid Dimorphos, left, is shown with its larger companion Didymos in space as it blasts dust and boulders in a lopsided ...