Hera Closes In on Asteroid Pair to Study the Impact Damage of NASA’s DART Strike
In September 2022, a NASA spacecraft violently smashed into a tiny asteroid as a test of planetary defense.…
Scientists Say We Should Nuke Dangerous Asteroids—Just Not the Way You Think
Scientists in China say a nuclear explosion could be the most effective way to stop a large asteroid—and…
NASA’s DART Mission Did More Than Just Nudge an Asteroid, Study Says
In September 2022, NASA’s DART spacecraft rammed into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos at nearly 15,000 miles per hour…
Deflecting a Killer Asteroid Is More Complicated Than NASA Thought
In 2022, NASA rammed a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if it could alter its orbital period…