NASA has said that an asteroid larger than 131 feet could cause significant damage to Earth, f it were to make impact.
On November 24, 2021, NASA launched its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) on a long journey to the double asteroid ...
Professor Alan Fitzsimmons, from Queen’s University Belfast, has recently returned from ground control of ESA’s Hera mission.
From the mysterious Planet Nine to the prospect of a "human-caused meteor shower," space and physics editor Brandon Specktor ...
An asteroid the size of around nine reindeer - coincidentally, how many reindeer Santa Claus supposedly uses - is set to pass ...
Asteroid-detecting AI algorithms have already identified 27,000 new pieces of space debris, bringing the known number to 1.3 ...
Another asteroid, known as 2020 XR ... Launched in November 2021, DART traveled for more than 10 months before crashing into Dimorphos, which posed no threat to Earth. And to gauge whether ...
Even small asteroids can do a lot of damage—and new research shows the James Webb Space Telescope is adept at spotting the tiniest of space rocks.
NASA revealed two giant asteroids, which are said to be about 100 ft in size, are charging towards Earth and belong to the ...
The European Space Agency (ESA) launched an augmented reality app meant to adverstise the Hera mission to the Dimorphos ...
NASA and European Space Agency collaborating on planetary defense missions to determine if we can deflect near-Earth objects away from Earth.
Now, that isn’t to say that every potentially hazardous asteroid is actually a danger. It’s more of a safety precaution than anything. Spacecraft like DART could help us change the orbit and ...