NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. NASA's Hubble and James Webb space telescopes captured imagery of the aftermath from ...

YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying ...

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. The Les Makes observatory captured imagery of the impact from the French island of La ...

We're probably still safe from this space rock, but at the moment, the chances of having a very bad encounter in 2032 have ...

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.

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

If the risk increases, this might mean a a kinetic impactor mission, like the extremely successful NASA DART mission which altered the orbit of Dimorphos, the small moon of asteroid Didymos ...

NASA is keeping a close eye on three vehicle-sized asteroids that will make close approaches to Earth today. The trio was ...

Dinkinesh is a small asteroid located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Asteroid Didymos and its small moonlet Dimorphos make up what’s called a binary asteroid system – meaning the ...