NASA smacked an asteroid in 2022. Now, a spacecraft is on the way for part 2. The Hera mission is slated to arrive at the asteroid in late 2026.

Remember when NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in 2022? Today, a different probe was successfully launched to get a close-up look at the aftermath of the collision. About ...

Image captured by Italy's LICIACube just minutes after NASA's DART mission intentionally collided with asteroid Dimorphos on Sept. 26, 2022. NASA/ASA In September 2022, a NASA spacecraft smashed ...

The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

YS5, a building-sized space rock, will safely pass Earth on July 17, prompting NASA and ISRO to emphasize the importance of planetary defense. While not hazardous, this event underscores the need for ...

If that ball (the asteroid) is rolling at the right speed, it will loop around the mass in the middle (the Earth). The last time we had a rocky visitor like this was in 2022 when asteroid 2022 ...