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The mission, focused on the Didymos-Dimorphos binary asteroid system, proved that an asteroid’s orbit can be altered by kinetic impactor technology. Rocks from space have walloped Earth for eons, and it’s only a matter of time until our planet lands yet again in the crosshairs of a very large asteroid. But unlike other forms of…

Asteroid 2012 BV13 could be as large as 220 meters in diameter, just a bit smaller than the 269 meter Titanic. It won't hit us though.

After passing a critical test, NASAs Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor — an infrared telescope that will search for threatening asteroids — entered the building phase in December 2022.

Space mining has matured to the point where there are dozens of startup companies planning to begin harvesting valuable resources from space.

Planetary scientists attending the first major conference since NASAs Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) permanently moved a space rock offered early findings about the asteroid and the impact.

The goal of the HAARP experiment was to learn about the interior of the asteroid, which could one day help design an effective Earth-saving mission.

NASA had a busy year in 2022 and announced several major mission successes. Here is a look back at some of the American space agency’s biggest developments in the past year.

Stacker consulted scientific journals and the latest news reports to compile a list of 22 major scientific discoveries and innovations that happened in 2022.

The year 2022 saw quite a few impressive scientific feats and discoveries.

From the scientific discoveries of the James Webb Space Telescope to the operation of the Perseverance rover, here are the year's most out-of-this-world space stories.