Learn more about the processes behind diverting asteroids and how experts must ensure we don't inadvertently knock them back ...

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. The Les Makes ...

When engineers at a control center in Turin, Italy, sent a faint radio signal into space, they set off a world-first ...

New research warns that if we don't hit an asteroid in exactly the right spot, it could end up on a collision course with ...

NASA's DART mission proved we are able to change an asteroid's path by smashing a spacecraft into it, but exactly where we ...

Experts have warned that NASA's asteroid deflection system could inadvertently send one towards Earth. The Double Asteroid ...

Our first attempt at shifting the orbit of an asteroid has provided crucial insight into how we could safely deflect a space ...

Selecting the right spot to smash a spacecraft into the surface of a hazardous asteroid to deflect it must be done with great care, according to new ...

Asteroid deflection could backfire if the impact shoves the rock into a cosmic keyhole, a hidden trapdoor in space.

A fireball has been spotted shooting in skies above China - with social media users speculating a meteor or UFO was shot down ...

China is planning to send a mission to hit an asteroid and change its orbit with a spacecraft to lower the risk of it ...

To avoid this scenario, Makadia's team plotted the best spots on an asteroid's surface to avoid the keyhole. Their technique ...