Rogue asteroids, to put it simply, pose a threat to Earth. Though there hasn't been a cataclysmic event in about 65 million years, that's not to say there haven't been nail-biting moments during space ...

Images that NASA's DART spacecraft captured of an asteroid moments before it intentionally collided with the object in 2022 have now allowed researchers to gain fresh insights into the celestial ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An image of Didymos and Dimorphos comprising of data collected by DART (NASA), Hayabusa (JAXA), ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured a time-lapse video of the DART mission's immediate aftermath. Credit: NASA / ESA / STScI / Jian-Yang Li / Joseph DePasquale The 1998 blockbuster Armageddon was ...

The asteroid Dimorphos was captured by NASA’s DART mission just two seconds before the spacecraft struck its surface on Sept. 26, 2022. Observations of the asteroid before and after impact suggest it ...

Asteroid Dimorphos, which NASA intentionally hit with a rocket during its DART mission in September 2022, is behaving in unpredicted ways. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

This imagery from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope from Oct. 8, 2022, shows the debris blasted from the surface of Dimorphos 285 hours after the asteroid was intentionally impacted by NASA’s DART ...

Last year, NASA's DART spacecraft successfully completed its mission: To collide with an asteroid called Dimorphos to see if it was possible to change the trajectory of any potentially planet-killing ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Researchers conclude that the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission proves humans can defend Earth from ...

"For the most part, our original pre-impact predictions about how DART would change the way Didymos and its moon move in space were correct." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...