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Crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid may have changed its shape in addition to its trajectory, NASA scientists find

Recent research suggests that DART may have done more than just redirect Dimorphos; it might have s…

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NASA and Europe’s first target to keep an asteroid from hitting Earth has officially been dubbed Dimorphos

In the past, it has held many titles from Didymoon to S/2003 (65803) — it’s provisional designat…

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Adam Driver asked NASA how it plans to save Earth from world-ending asteroids

Adam Driver wondered how NASA would save the world if a giant asteroid were approaching. Three spac…

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NASA's first planetary defense test worked, successfully redirecting an asteroid by crashing the DART spacecraft into it

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) has proved that NASA could potentially push a hazardous…

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NASA launches DART probe on a head-on collision course with an asteroid

NASA is testing a method it might one day use to save Earth from a city-killing asteroid. Ramming a…

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Watch NASA launch a probe to smash into an asteroid. It's practice for pushing city-killing space rocks away from Earth.

NASA may one day need to save Earth from an incoming asteroid. The plan: launching a spacecraft to …

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NASA is sending a spacecraft to crash into an asteroid — here’s why

DART stands for Double Asteroid Redirection Test, and the spacecraft will launch aboard SpaceX's…

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NASA is intentionally crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid on Monday. Here's how to watch the collision live.

NASA's DART mission will crash into Dimorphos, a small asteroid 6.8 million miles away, to test our…

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NASA has plans to smash a spacecraft into an asteroid, to test if it can change the course of killer asteroids in the future

The DART mission aims to crash a low-cost spacecraft into Dimorphos, an asteroid about the size of …

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See video of the moment NASA's DART spacecraft crashed itself into an asteroid and its livestream cut out

NASA tested its first method of deflecting a dangerous asteroid: crashing a space probe into it. DA…

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The asteroid NASA crashed into looks like a comet now, with a forked tail, Hubble image reveals

NASA is watching the asteroid Dimorphos closely since the DART spacecraft slammed into it. The come…

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The biggest asteroid of 2021 is going to zoom past Earth tonight flying as fast as 100,000 kmph

An asteroid twice as big as the Statue of Unity is set to zoom past Earth tonight flying at 100,000…

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Telescopes and satellites captured clouds and spider-like plumes of debris after NASA smashed a spacecraft into an asteroid

NASA's DART spacecraft didn't survive the mission, but both ground-and space-based observations doc…

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NASA crashes DART spacecraft into an asteroid, testing a tactic to bump space rocks away from Earth

NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid to knock it off its path. It's the first te…

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The asteroid NASA is about to strike poses no threat to Earth, but 60% of city-killer rocks fly under the radar

NASA's DART mission is about to practice deflecting an asteroid away from Earth. But NASA can't pro…

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NASA has led 7 asteroid-impact simulations. Only once did experts figure out how to stop the space rock from hitting Earth.

Since 2013, NASA has been leading exercises in which experts confront a fictitious Earth-bound aste…

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We'd need 5 to 10 years' notice to stop a killer asteroid heading for Earth

In a recent NASA simulation, scientists had six months to stop a hypothetical asteroid from hitting…

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In a NASA simulation of an asteroid impact, scientists concluded they couldn't stop a space rock from decimating Europe

Space agencies participated in a week-long NASA exercise in which they tried - and failed - to stop…

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This freezing cold isolated block of ice is the best place on Earth for a telescope

In the far reaches of Antarctica, scientists have found the plateau that offers the clearest view o…