NASA's DART mission unexpectedly ejected high-speed boulders from asteroid Dimorphos, potentially complicating future asteroid deflection efforts.

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

NASA’s DART impact on Dimorphos unleashed boulders with more force than expected, complicating future defences.

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

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — NASA officials said Tuesday that the DART mission to redirect the orbit of the asteroid Dimorphos was more successful than they expected. During a 2 p.m. EDT press ...

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Paul Wiegert, a Western physics and astronomy professor, shares insights on asteroid 2024 YR4 and the likelihood it will hit Earth or the Moon.

It ultimately was successful, with NASA correctly predicting that it is possible to redirect celestial objects. The asteroid known as Dimorphos was approximately the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza, ...

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

A large asteroid will pass close to Earth in July 2025. NASA and ISRO are closely monitoring its trajectory. The asteroid, ...

NASA celebrated its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) as a massive success, a proof of concept for saving humanity in ...