Launched in November 2021, DART traveled for more than 10 months before crashing into Dimorphos at roughly 14,000 mph. Though the tiny asteroid posed no threat to Earth, NASA had set out to ...

Astronomers have discovered a potentially hazardous asteroid that has a chance of smashing into Earth in 2032. Asteroid 2024 YR4 is 44 million kilometres (27m miles) from Earth, travelling at a ...

A newly discovered asteroid has a 1-in-83 chance of colliding with Earth in December 2032, astronomers have warned. The space rock, designated 2024 YR4, measures approximately 60 metres across ...

This artist's concept depicts the 140-mile-wide (226-kilometer-wide) asteroid Psyche ... development and testing of its flight software. A November 2022 report by an independent review board ...

A newly discovered asteroid has quickly shot to the top of NASA’s risk list. The asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has about a 2.1 per cent chance of hitting the Earth. An asteroid is a rocky object ...

OSIRIS-REx wasn't the first probe to rendezvous with an asteroid and bring back samples for study -- Japan succeeded in the feat twice, returning celestial dust in 2010 and 2020. In addition to ...

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