You can probably breathe easier about catastrophic asteroid collisions now

New research shows a NASA asteroid-deflecting mission altered the path of a pair of space rocks.
Ars Technica

NASA’s DART mission shifted the orbits of two asteroids

On September 26, 2022, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft crashed into a binary asteroid system. By intentionally ramming a probe into the 160-meter-wide moonlet named Dimorphos ...

NASA’s DART Mission Did More Than Just Nudge an Asteroid, Study Says

In September 2022, NASA’s DART spacecraft rammed into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos at nearly 15,000 miles per hour (24,000 kilometers per hour). The mission aimed to test whether NASA could one day ...
Morningstar

NASA's Planetary Defenders Head to the Sundance Film Festival

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA is bringing the high-stakes world of planetary defense to the Sundance Film Festival, highlighting its upcoming documentary, "Planetary Defenders," ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Inside Earth’s first planetary defense system against killer asteroids

For the first time in its history, humanity is assembling a coordinated system to find, track, and deflect asteroids that could threaten life on Earth. The architecture involves a space-based infrared ...
Space.com

'Planetary defense is knowing what's out there and what could do harm to us.' Meet the scientist who helped build NASA's asteroid response plan

"I feel the next ability that we really need to work on is rapid response." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, ...