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

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.

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.

A space probe named Hera captured images of Mars' small Deimos moon while on a mission to examine an asteroid.

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 ...

In short, asteroid 2024 YR4 went from breaking records for known threatening asteroids to being a near-zero threat. At some ...

"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 ...

The Hera probe has swung around Mars, using the planet’s gravitational pull to fling itself toward its asteroid target.

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 ...

Hollywood films would have you believe that the best way to deal with an Earth-threatening asteroid is to blast it out of ...