Explore how the DART mission advanced planetary defense using kinetic impactor technology and impactor hardware to enable real-world asteroid deflection strategies.

Ames, Iowa–An Asteroid Deflection Research Center (ADRC) has been established on the Iowa State campus to bring researchers from around the world to develop asteroid deflection technologies. The ...

In December, astronomers identified that the asteroid YR4 had a small but not insignificant chance of striking Earth in 2032, a scenario that experts postulated could have more explosive potential ...

HELSINKI — China should intensify its asteroid research and focus on sample return mission plans, according to scientists. China’s future asteroid exploration should focus on “low-cost, high-frequency ...

Blue Origin is teaming up with NASA to thwart asteroids that may be on collision courses with Earth. Jeff Bezos' company has partnered with researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the ...

This article was originally featured on Undark. On a fall evening in 2022, scientists at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory were busy with the final stages of a planetary defense ...

NASA is expanding its work with commercial space companies, including Blue Origin, as the agency advances efforts to find and track asteroids that could threaten Earth. Blue Origin’s current NASA work ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. In the wake of NASA slamming a spacecraft into an asteroid, scientists ...