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

In 2022, NASA rammed a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if it could alter its orbital period around its parent asteroid. The mission, dubbed the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), aimed to ...

Planetary defense scientists say NASA’s DART asteroid redirection mission sent space rocks hurtling on unexpected ...

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

NASA has been tracking an asteroid with unusual characteristics, but could there be more to the story than they’re letting on ...

Earth is hit by asteroids all the time, but to avoid severe damages in the future NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to protect us. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins AP ...

NASA has extended recovery efforts for its stricken Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft to mid-July, but is warning that if the ...

There is great interest in the topic of how long humanity will be able to exist on the Earth. For many years people have contemplated the apocalyptic visions ...

A new Swinburne research paper published in Aerospace delves into the ethical, legal and social issues involved in asteroid mining and planetary defense.

NASA has issued a disturbing update on the 'city destroying' asteroid that could hit the moon in some seven years.

The 'city killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 may not be on a collision course with Earth anymore. But NASA has raised the odds of it hitting the moon in just seven years' time.

Meet the researchers testing the “Armageddon” approach to asteroid defense A nuclear explosion might eventually be Earth’s only way to protect itself from a dangerous asteroid.