The worldwide tech leading Dutch firm, cosine, is making a big impact in space exploration. The company is playing a key role in the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hera mission by providing a ...

Agency looking at ways to use planet-threatening rocks’ tiny gravitational fields to slightly alter their trajectories ...

"Sending multiple smaller impactors not only results in a higher asteroid push but also potentially saves operational cost and increases tactical flexibility for deflection." Ferrari agrees with ...

Scientists say that you need at least 10 years to build, plan, and execute an asteroid deflection mission – which doesn’t give NASA enough time before the potential collision in 2032.

The likelihood of 2024 YR4 colliding with the our planet in 2032 have ticked up to over 3 percent. Is it time to start worrying?

Applicants must be younger than 35 and “maintain a firm political stance” in line with the ruling Chinese Communist Party and its leader, Xi Jinping, the job listing said.

NASA also conducted an asteroid deflection test when it smashed the Double Asteroid Redirection Test into the asteroid Dimorphos, which orbited a larger object called Didymos. The mission ...

Efforts to prepare for such scenarios are already in motion. NASA has successfully tested asteroid deflection technology, most notably during its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART ...

Like our moon, Deimos is tidally locked to Mars, meaning the same side always faces the planet—the only side visible to ...

ESA’s Hera probe captures stunning images of Mars and its moon Deimos during a historic flyby, offering new insights into the ...

A White House science advisor recently war-gamed with space agency heads worldwide to devise a planet-saving defense to an asteroid set to strike Earth - in a simulation.