This year, the alert system for defending the planet against incoming space rocks was activated for the first time. It won’t be the last ...

NASA successfully altered an asteroid’s orbit using a kinetic impact test, marking a breakthrough in planetary defense. Upcoming missions from ESA, JAXA, and NASA aim to study asteroids, Mars’ moons, ...

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...