A NASA spacecraft knocked into an asteroid two years ago to test planetary defense. Now, a new mission will inspect the ...

Hera will survey the asteroid deflected by NASA's DART spacecraft, the results of which could lay the foundation of Earth's ...

Today is likely to unfold with a sense of anticipation and readiness, as various astrological influences align to sharpen ...

Scientists are eager to examine the impact’s aftermath up close to know exactly how effective Dart was and what changes might ...

Two years ago, a NASA spacecraft smashed into a small asteroid millions of miles from Earth to test a technique that could ...

ESA has launched the first planetary defense Hera spacecraft aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 to investigate NASA-deflected Dimorphos ...

Scientists have discovered new evidence that it wasn't just one asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.

A follow-up mission to DART, Hera will travel to a binary asteroid to observe the aftermath of NASA's wildly successful ...

How could we feed astronauts on lengthy space missions? These researchers have a quirky idea.

Astronomers have good news about potentially hazardous asteroids lurking near our planet: There aren't as many as we thought.

Dinosaurs certainly didn’t benefit from the Chicxulub asteroid impact, but that was a wholly different story for the ...