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The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to protect Earth from the threat of an asteroid impact. By smashing a ...

Discover the top U.S. states where panthers still roam in impressive numbers, from the well-known Florida swamps to ...

Ceres, our asteroid of loss and deliverance, is moving into the infernal heart of Aries this weekend. On Friday, May 16th, ...

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A House hearing about how NASA is dealing with the threat posed by asteroid impacts turned into a discussion about impacts of ...

A recent video created from images captured by Curiosity shows clouds tinted red and green flowing though the sky over Mars. Captured using the rover's Mastcam instrument on January 17, 2025, the ...

Scientists have uncovered fascinating new details about the internal structures of both the moon and the asteroid Vesta using ...

Visitors to London's Natural History Museum will be able to touch a piece of the moon and the planet Mars at a new exhibition ...

When we think about asteroids that could threaten Earth, we often imagine massive, city-sized rocks hurtling through space. But what if the real danger comes from much smaller, barely detectable ones?