This particular asteroid, called Dimorphos, is not headed towards our planet, but the rocky body was singled out by Nasa to test a deflection technique. The DART mission team said they made almost ...

The growing directory of these potentially dangerous celestial objects has led to designated missions by both NASA and ESA to develop and refine asteroid destruction or deflection strategies for any ...

intentionally slamming into the asteroid Dimorphos. This animation includes images from just before impact through 5 hours post-impact. The JWST wasn’t designed to spot undiscovered asteroids ...

Prof Fitzsimmons said while most large asteroids have now been discovered by astronomers, there is still a risk to Earth from ...

NASA and the European Space Agency completed a test which slammed a refrigerator-sized spacecraft into the asteroid Dimorphos. The test is to see whether small satellites are capable of preventing ...

Scientists have already named this hypothetical shower "the Dimorphids," after the name of the stricken asteroid Dimorphos. For decades, astronomers have noticed objects behaving strangely beyond ...

Here's a round-up of space missions and cosmic events just around the bend in 2025. Several companies will attempt moon ...

The Space Coast set a new record in 2024 with 93 launches from all providers, building off the 72 orbital missions flown in ...

An asteroid the width of Manhattan will be close enough to Earth tonight to be seen with binoculars. The good news is that the word "close" — like all things astronomical — is relative.