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

NASA is getting ready to kick the asteroid of any space rock that comes close to Earth. The space agency announced Tuesday it is officially moving forward with a trial run of its Double Asteroid ...

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission Team was awarded the 2024 Michael Collins Trophy for Current Achievement. In 2022, NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission ...

A European spacecraft and two shoebox-size satellites have launched to survey the aftermath from NASA’s DART mission, which intentionally slammed into an asteroid named Dimorphos and altered its orbit ...

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to protect Earth from the threat of an asteroid impact. By smashing a ...

NASA has successfully smashed a spacecraft into an asteroid seven million miles from Earth. The last image from the "vending machine-sized" collider showed the surface of the asteroid Dimorphos ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.-- A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth. The galactic slam occurred at a ...

The moment a NASA spacecraft crashed into an asteroid at hypersonic speed was captured by observatories back on Earth. Pictures from telescopes show the galactic collision playing out seven million ...

In late 2022, NASA celebrated its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) as a massive success, a proof of concept for saving humanity in case a similar space rock were to ever head straight for Earth ...

CHICAGO -- A NASA spacecraft has intentionally slammed into an asteroid in humanity's first test of planetary defense. The impact occurred at 7:15 p.m. ET greeted by cheers from the mission team in ...