NASA's DART: Redirecting an asteroid to protect Earth

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...

NASA DART team confirms slamming spacecraft into asteroids can deflect them

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) successfully moved asteroid moonlet Dimorphos "by a whopping 33 minutes," according to NASA. See the highlights here. Credit: NASA ...
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NASA launching mission to deflect an asteroid

NASA is scheduled to launch a "planetary defense-driven test" late Tuesday night. The goal of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is to adjust the speed and path of an asteroid by using ...
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Is an asteroid on a collision course with Earth?

A typical asteroid is seen in this image provided by the European Space Agency. The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about an asteroid that is said to be possibly on ...