Though the days are fast ticking by, that success is far from assured. DART is the first-ever test of what NASA calls a ...

On Sept. 11, 2022, engineers at a flight control center in Turin, Italy, sent a radio signal into deep space. Its destination ...

Debris released from the asteroid Dimorphos during NASA's DART mission has a higher momentum and less random distribution than expected, which "changes the physics we need to consider when ...

New data on the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) space mission three years ago reveals the extent of the impact damage ...

NASA’s DART mission was designed to redirect an asteroid, but the collision produced unexpected results that scientists still ...

Rocky debris blasted away from the tiny asteroid Dimorphos when NASA's DART spacecraft intentionally slammed into it in 2022 could create the first human-made meteor shower known as the Dimorphids ...

"In my opinion, planetary defense is an operational mission which should be formally tasked to U.S. Space Command." ...

The DART mission, or the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, launched 10 months ago. CHICAGO -- A NASA spacecraft has intentionally slammed into an asteroid in humanity's first test of planetary ...

Scientists are on high alert as asteroid 2024 YR4, with a 4.3% chance of hitting the moon, could potentially cause significant damage to Earth's satellites and surface.

The DART mission, or the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, launched 10 months ago. CHICAGO -- A NASA spacecraft has intentionally slammed into an asteroid in humanity's first test of planetary ...

On Sept. 26, 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft purposefully collided with the asteroid Dimorphos, crashing directly into the middle of the space rock at around 15,000 ...