The DART mission ended upon impact, but prior to colliding with Dimorphos, the spacecraft transmitted an incredibly detailed view of the little asteroid’s boulder-covered surface that is helping ...

While Asteroid 2024 YRA has a minute chance of hitting Earth in seven years, the co-lead of NASA's DART mission says a small spacecraft could deflect the space rock's course.

Hera's mission is to investigate the aftermath of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), which deliberately crashed ...

Simulation of the impact of the DART spacecraft with the asteroid Dimorphos ...

NASA has identified an asteroid that has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032. The asteroid named '2024 YR4' has been ...

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Dimorphos and Didymos are not a threat to Earth. Hera’s role is to gather more data on the impact of the DART mission “to help turn this ‘kinetic impact’ method planetary defense into a ...

YR4 should remain hovering around 1%, should humanity choose to, we have already proven we can nudge asteroids out of our way ...

SpaceX is set to launch the European Space Agency's (ESA) Hera spacecraft, designed to study the asteroid Dimorphos, today (Oct. 7). The mission will assess the impact made by NASA's DART (Double ...