If an asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, can humanity be saved not with a bang, but with a nudge? NASA is poised to investigate just that with a first-of-its-kind mission to deflect an asteroid by ...

The simple truth is we are not prepared to deal with a sizable asteroid or cometary nucleus — think the one that hit Earth 65 million years ago — were to be on a collision path with Earth. That could ...

WASHINGTON — Bet the dinosaurs wish they’d thought of this. NASA on Monday will attempt a feat humanity has never before accomplished: Deliberately smacking a spacecraft into an asteroid to slightly ...

Asteroid researchers and spacecraft designers are meeting up in Rome next week to discuss a common goal of a double spacecraft mission to deflect an asteroid in space. The scientists want to prove if ...

The team will fly a refrigerator-sized spaceship directly into an asteroid to change its trajectory You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. NASA ...

The asteroid target has not yet been released. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. China is planning a kinetic asteroid defense ...