A NASA spacecraft knocked into an asteroid two years ago to test planetary defense. Now, a new mission will inspect the ...
A SpaceX rocket that launched a planetary defense mission on Monday captured a breathtaking view of Earth shortly after reaching orbit.
Earth will have a cosmic guest. A so-called “mini moon” will join our actual moon in circling the planet until Nov. 25. What ...
The Hera mission is officially underway to investigate the after effects of DART, NASA's successful planetary defense test.
Two years ago, a NASA spacecraft smashed into a small asteroid millions of miles from Earth to test a technique that could ...
Remember when NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in 2022? Today, a different probe was successfully launched to get a close-up look at the aftermath of the collision. About the ...
ESA has launched the first planetary defense Hera spacecraft aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 to investigate NASA-deflected Dimorphos ...
A follow-up mission to DART, Hera will travel to a binary asteroid to observe the aftermath of NASA's wildly successful ...
A spacecraft launched to study a small, harmless astroid hit by NASA two years ago to practice blasting asteroids that ...
A spacecraft has blasted off to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash. It's the second part of a planetary defense test ...
Hera launched Oct. 7 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, on a mission to study the asteroid that NASA's DART spacecraft smashed ...