Recent research has focused on understanding the dynamics of these systems, especially in the context of planetary defense. The study of asteroid impacts and the resulting dynamics is crucial for ...

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

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

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 ...

Asteroid 2025 AB, a 42-foot Near-Earth Asteroid ... Studying these aspects will help scientists create a solid planetary defense system to protect Earth from such foreign objects.

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 ...

Despite its history of water interaction, Bennu remains a chemically primitive asteroid. Its elemental composition closely resembles that of the Sun, making it a relic of the early solar system ...

ESA's Hera mission has completed the first critical maneuver on its journey to the Didymos binary asteroid system since launch ... "This enabled us to design a trajectory that uses the gravity ...