Catching DART Asteroid Deflection Mission’s First Words
When NASA’s DART spacecraft launched November 24 on a world-first mission to deflect an asteroid, ESA’s Estrack network played a vital role – finding, tracking,…
When NASA’s DART spacecraft launched November 24 on a world-first mission to deflect an asteroid, ESA’s Estrack network played a vital role – finding, tracking,…
Learn more about the growing population of near-Earth objects with NASA’s new 3D real-time web-based application. Through a new 3D real-time visualization tool, you can…
Groundbreaking study confirms time of year when an asteroid wiped out dinosaurs and 75 percent of life on Earth. A groundbreaking study led by researchers…
Although the chance of an asteroid impacting Earth is small, even a relatively small asteroid of about 500 feet (about 150 meters) across carries enough…
The new system improves the capabilities of NASA JPL’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies to assess the impact risk of asteroids that can come…
NASA’s latest launch into outer space is going to make an impact. In fact, that’s its entire mission. DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test), which launched…
Lighting up the California coastline early in the morning of November 24, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft…
Is NASA aware of any Earth-threatening asteroids? Luckily there are no known asteroid threats to Earth for at least 100 years. But that doesn’t mean…
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the world’s first full-scale mission to test technology for defending Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards, launched Wednesday…
NASA’s DART Mission Launches! A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft has launched from Space Launch Complex 4 at…
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft is now encapsulated in the SpaceX payload fairings. Technicians with SpaceX installed the two halves of the fairing…
An on-orbit demonstration of asteroid deflection is a key test that NASA and other agencies wish to perform before any actual need is present. The…
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, is the world’s first full-scale planetary defense test, demonstrating one method of asteroid deflection technology. True to its…
What if an asteroid were going to hit Earth? There are no known threats to Earth, but planetary defense expert Dr. Kelly Fast says it’s…
Project scientist Professor Richard Binzel discusses NASA’s latest interplanetary mission, which is co-led by Cathy Olkin ’88, PhD ’96. On October 16, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft…
Recent weeks have witnessed a series of medium-to-large-sized asteroids cross paths with Earth’s orbit. The largest of the pack – asteroid 2004 UE – is…
A team of University of Arizona-led researchers thinks that the near-Earth asteroid Kamo`oalewa might actually be a miniature moon. A near-Earth asteroid named Kamo`oalewa could be…
Asteroids embody the story of our solar system’s beginning. Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, which orbit the Sun on the same path as the gas giant, are…