Scientists Say Heck, Just Nuke a Killer Asteroid Heading for Earth

Plenty of asteroids can survive their fiery plunge through the Earth’s atmosphere. If they’re big enough, they can prove ...

Can a nonprofit help protect Earth from dangerous asteroids? How the B612 Foundation has taken on the challenge

For nearly a quarter-century, the nonprofit B612 Foundation has helped scientists track dangerous asteroids and educated the ...
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NASA's DART: Redirecting an asteroid to protect Earth

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...
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Bam NASA's Dart Spacecraft Slams Into Moonlet In Asteroid System

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. Watch the ...
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Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Team - 2024 Michael Collins Trophy Winner

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission Team was awarded the 2024 Michael Collins Trophy for Current Achievement. In 2022, NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission ...
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NASA says asteroid mission was successful, altered orbit by 32 minutes

(The Hill) – NASA on Tuesday said its historic planetary defense mission was successful after a spacecraft that purposefully smashed into a tiny asteroid called Dimorphos last month altered its orbit ...
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UVA Astronomer Explains the Threat of ‘City Killer’ Asteroids and How Earth Can Prepare

Astronomers detected a 40-to-80-meter asteroid, dubbed a “city killer,” with the potential to collide with Earth in 2032, but Reynier Squillace is not worried. Squillace is a second-year graduate ...