Nasa Dart7 Oct 2024Spacecraft launches to investigate asteroid threats to EarthThe European Space Agency will probe a harmless asteroid Nasa hit in 2022 as part of a "planetary defence test".7 Oct 202410 Mar 2023Asteroid could hit Earth on Valentine's 2046 - NasaThe space rock has about a 1 in 560 chance of hitting this planet, the agency says.10 Mar 202316 Dec 2022Asteroid deflection experiment boosted by debrisThe Nasa probe that slammed into a space rock to change its path was helped by the mess it made.16 Dec 202211 Oct 2022Nasa's Dart spacecraft 'changed path of asteroid'Smashing a probe into threatening space rocks is a strategy to defend Earth, an experiment confirms.11 Oct 20225 Oct 2022Asteroid hit by Nasa probe leaves 10,000km trailA telescope in Chile captures an image of a comet-like plume of debris behind the giant rock.5 Oct 202228 Sep 2022Nasa's Dart asteroid crash 'exceeded expectations'Scientists are celebrating the test of a technique to defend Earth against threatening asteroids.28 Sep 202227 Sep 2022Atlas telescope captures Dart asteroid crashA telescope on Hawaii watches as Nasa's Dart probe smashes into the asteroid Dimorphos.27 Sep 202227 Sep 2022Direct hit as Nasa smashes spacecraft into asteroidThe same technique could be used to deflect space rocks that threaten Earth.27 Sep 202227 Sep 2022Hugs and high fives as Nasa engineers rejoiceNasa's Dart spacecraft succeeds in its mission to collide with the Dimorphos asteroid.27 Sep 2022...
