NASA confirms the DART mission changed an asteroid system’s orbit around the Sun - the first time humans moved a celestial body in space.

Volunteer astronomers sifting through infrared images from a retired NASA telescope have spotted a faint object racing ...

Studying the 2022 collision's effects can help scientists protect the Earth from celestial objects that might head toward us ...

Space is not as empty as it looks. Right now, as you read this, NASA scientists are actively watching dozens of objects ...

When NASA crashed a spacecraft into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in 2022, it altered both Dimorphos' orbit around its ...

NASA’s DART mission proved that a spacecraft can nudge an asteroid system in space, offering a real test of planetary defense. NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft changed the ...

A 140-foot space rock, Asteroid 2007 EG, will pass relatively close to Earth soon. Scientists say it’s harmless, yet they’re watching carefully. Why does this flyby matter for future asteroid defence?

NASA's DART mission didn’t just change the orbit of Dimorphos, the asteroid it hit. It changed the orbit of the larger ...

The U.S. space agency measured the impact of its DART mission, revealing that the impact changed the orbit of two cosmic ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has confirmed an interstellar object is passing through our solar system. The object is a comet hailing from the direction of the constellation ...

A NASA team using the Hubble Space Telescope found an object in space never recorded before, nicknamed “Cloud-9.” Cloud-9 is a starless, gas-rich, dark-matter cloud considered a “relic” or remnant of ...

The mission without a doubt proves that we could deflect a hazardous asteroid away from Earth — so long as we discover it in ...