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 ...

NASA's biggest asteroid threat: The asteroids NASA can’t see and why they’re the ones that worry scientists most

NASA's top planetary defense expert reveals the biggest threat isn't Hollywood-style doomsday rocks, but undiscovered ...

'What keeps me up at night': NASA scientist warns of undetected city-killer asteroids

A NASA planetary defense officer warns thousands of near-Earth asteroids capable of destroying a city remain undetected.

NASA scientist warns there’s no way to stop thousands of city-killing asteroids from striking Earth: ‘It keeps me up at night’

She’s worried about the a-rock-alypse. A planetary defense expert is warning that humanity is defenseless against up to 15,000 undetected near-Earth asteroids that have the potential to take out a ...
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NASA warns of 15,000 city-killer asteroids near Earth

Imagine a rock the size of a football stadium hurtling through space at thousands of miles per hour, heading straight for a major city, and we have no way to stop it. NASA has just issued a sobering ...
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NASA gives terrifying update on thousands of ‘city-killer’ asteroids that could hit Earth

NASA's head of planetary defence, Dr Kelly Fast, has issued an unsettling update on thousands of ‘city-killer’ asteroids that could hit Earth.
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Earth has no way to stop ‘city killer’ asteroids, NASA chief warns

“What keeps me up at night is the asteroids we don’t know about," said NASA's planetary defense chief.

‘City-Killer’ Asteroid Threat: Could thousands of undetected space rocks hit Earth? Here’s what’s keeping NASA Scientists awake at night

Space agencies maintain that global cooperation and sustained investment are vital to planetary defence. While the DART ...
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Earth defenceless for ‘city killer’ asteroids, NASA warns

Scientists estimate that around 15,000 medium-sized asteroids — large enough to devastate a city — remain undetected within ...

The asteroids approaching Earth that keep NASA scientist up at night

"We don’t know where they are,” said NASA’s planetary defense officer Kelly Fast at the AAAS conference in Arizona this week.
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An Asteroid Might Slam Into the Moon in 2032—and Create a Fiery Flash That’s Visible to Earthlings, New Research Suggests

Early last year, asteroid 2024 YR4 caught the public’s attention as its chances of hitting Earth in the near future climbed ...
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Asteroid samples NASA brought to Earth suggest life's building blocks may be widespread in the universe

The discovery is just the latest to come from the asteroid sample, which dates back to the dawn of the solar system.