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Humanity now has the beginnings of a true defense against asteroids.

Educator will race in the 4.54 at Salisbury with its jockey dressed in the royal silks

When NASA's DART spacecraft crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos, it marked the first time humanity had tried to deflect an object in space. It's a test to see how we'd defend Earth against asteroid impacts.

Hollywood likes to blow up incoming asteroids with nukes, but NASAs first test of whether it can change the trajectory of a space rock will try just giving one a little nudge.

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was launched last November ahead of a year-long journey to crash into the small asteroid Dimorphos, which orbits a larger one called Didymos.

Hollywood likes to blow up incoming asteroids with nukes, but NASA's first test of whether it can change the trajectory of a space rock will try just giving one a little nudge.

Move over, Bruce Willis: NASA is shoving an asteroid to test planetary defense

In a test of our planetary defence plans, a NASA spacecraft is scheduled to collide with an asteroid.

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was launched last November ahead of a year-long journey to crash into the small asteroid Dimorphos, which orbits a larger one called Didymos.

Hollywood likes to blow up incoming asteroids with nukes, but NASA's first test of whether it can change the trajectory of a space rock will try just giving one a little nudge.