Astronomers at the University of Maryland found that a surprising burst of rocky debris released during the DART mission ...

Debris released from the asteroid Dimorphos during NASA's DART mission has a higher momentum and less random distribution ...

THERE may be a flaw in Nasa’s only defence against Earth-shattering asteroids, according to new analysis. In 2022, the US ...

NASA's DART mission to deflect an asteroid resulted in the unexpected ejection of boulders. New research has crucial implications for future planetary defence missions.

In the almost three years since NASA proved that it could successfully deflect an asteroid, we’ve learned a lot about these ...

On 26 September 2022, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) deliberately slammed a vending-machine-size spacecraft into ...

There are currently no known asteroids on an impact course with the planet. Still, scientists are keeping a watchful eye on ...

In 2022, NASA rammed a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if it could alter its orbital period around its parent asteroid.

When NASA's DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid moon Dimorphos in September 2022, it didn't just change the asteroid's ...

Scientists found that NASA's DART spacecraft ejected a massive barrage of boulders when it bashed into asteroid Dimorphos in ...

When NASA's DART mission crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos, the first stage of the impact saw the spacecraft's solar panels strike and pulverize two large boulders on the target, debris from which ...

When NASA’s DART spacecraft collided with a small asteroid moon in late 2022, the impact made history. It was the first ...