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A US missile-defense system, hailed as the world's best, is headed to Israel to counter Iran
The THAAD, or Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, could help Israel bolster its air defense…
Tom Porter
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The Houthis probed Israeli defenses with a ballistic missile, and Iran is likely taking notes
The first Houthi ballistic missile to reach Israel was not hypersonic. But Israel's air defense res…
Paul Iddon
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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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Ukraine says it wiped a key Russian missile and artillery arsenal 'off the face of the earth' in long-range strikes
A source in the Security Service of Ukraine said drones attacked a large weapons warehouse in Russi…
Jake Epstein
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NASA simulated an incoming asteroid impact, and the biggest roadblock to action was penny pinching
NASA gathered about 100 experts to practice a hypothetical discovery of an asteroid with a 72% chan…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs shouldn't expect special treatment at a notorious Brooklyn jail that's like 'hell on earth'
A former federal prosecutor described the jail where Sean Combs is being housed as "hell on earth f…
Natalie Musumeci
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US stockpiles of the rare earth minerals it would need to fight a war against an adversary like China are a mystery, and experts warn it's a problem
Whether the US rare earth minerals stockpile is ready for an emergency is shrouded in mystery, but …
Kelsey Baker
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A US Navy missile that just scored its first kill this year got another workout against Iranian weapons
US Navy warships defending Israel from Iran's attack used SM-3 missiles, an interceptor that scored…
Jake Epstein
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NASA explains how it would alert the public of an apocalyptic asteroid strike
In the event an asteroid is headed for Earth, here's how NASA plans to alert the public of an impen…
Ellyn Lapointe
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Israel has never been impressed with its version of the $1 billion Patriot air defense system. Now it could offload up to 8 to Ukraine.
Ukraine has long coveted more of the $1 billion US-manufactured Patriot air defense systems.
Rebecca Rommen
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The Houthis have deployed underwater drones in the Red Sea, Defense Department says
Underwater drones could be an "extremely lethal" threat to the US Navy deployed in the region, a US…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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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…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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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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We put Elon Musk's dream to colonize Mars up against Jeff Bezos' vision of living in space — and one is more realistic
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos dream of colonizing space, but have very different ideas of how to do it. …
Ellyn Lapointe
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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 …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Aylin W…
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Congressman presses Elon Musk to provide SpaceX satellite services for US defense forces in Taiwan, report says
A Congressman wrote to Elon Musk saying that withholding Starshield access from US forces in Taiwan…
John L. Dorman,Katherine Tang…
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An asteroid nearly the size of a skyscraper will whiz between the Earth and the moon on Saturday in a once-in-a-decade event
NASA said an asteroid this size passing so close to Earth happens once in a decade. The asteroid DZ…
Kelsey Vlamis
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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…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A massive asteroid the size of the Empire State Building is about to pass Earth. Here's how to track it.
The asteroid, which is about a half-mile wide, has been studied by scientists for decades and will …
Emily Walsh
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China is building a huge network of satellites that could be used against US troops: intel chief
Maj. Gen. Greg Gagnon, deputy chief of space operations for intelligence, said China had developed …