The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...

In the United States, funding for planetary defense has long had strong bipartisan support both inside and outside of ...

NASA has shared the first photos taken by the DART’s built-in camera system. Launched in November, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test — or DART for short — is an asteroid-defense system.

The relentless march of technology is allowing scientists to consider the possibility of human exploration of the Solar System ... planetary defense test mission. The Double Asteroid Redirection ...

As space agencies continue to enhance their asteroid defense systems, these missions mark a pivotal moment in humanity’s efforts to protect the planet from catastrophic impacts. As these ...

The UAE is developing a space craft to land on an asteroid belt beyond Mars.

But arguably, it's the ugly duckling, ancient asteroids that are providing us with a better understanding of how our solar system evolved ... bodies in the main asteroid belt.

Nasa scientists say there is no risk of an impact, but the flyby does provide them with the opportunity to test their asteroid-warning systems. A global network of telescopes will be closely ...

Zhenbo Wang receives funding from NASA. NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services, or CLPS, initiative aims to deliver science and technology payloads to the Moon using commercial landers.

the asteroid is coming and we have defence. Apophis, also known as the 'God of Chaos' asteroid, will be making its way to Earth in ten years. The odds of a head-on collision with the 340 meter ...