Planetary defense

“Our simulations indicate that the DART impact caused global deformation and resurfacing of Dimorphos”

For only the eighth time in history, scientists detected an asteroid before it made its fiery appearance over Earth

A sample from the asteroid Bennu, which could be key to understanding the formation of the solar system and our own planet, is set to be analyzed at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston after it reaches Earth in late September.

Bruce Willis: you can stand down.

A truck-sized asteroid that suddenly loomed out of the darkness a few days ago -- with the Earth in its sights -- sailed harmlessly past us on Thursday, space scientists said.

Despite what we've seen in movies like "Armageddon," no global mission to blow it up or knock it off course with nuclear weapons was required.

Astronomers have discovered that a potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid has an unusual accelerating spin that could eventually change its trajectory

NASA reported a historic success for space science. The agency broke the news that it was the first time in the history of space exploration that an asteroid had been deflected.

This happened after the agency sent a probe named DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) to the asteroid Dimorphos.

A spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away succeeded in shifting its orbit, NASA said Tuesday in announcing the results of its save-the-world test.

The space agency attempted the test two weeks ago to see if in the future a killer rock could be nudged out of Earth's way.

Asteroid 2022 PW may be small, but it will fly dangerously close to the Earth, relatively close to the Moon’s distance to the planet

Experts are concerned that we could be taken by surprise by a hazardous asteroid so NASA & other space agencies have launched planetary protection programs

An asteroid known as Bennu will pass within half the distance of the Earth to the Moon in the year 2135 but the probability of an impact with our planet in the coming centuries is very slight, scientists said on Aug. 11.

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