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Astronomers will use telescopes on Maunakea and Haleakalā to collect data and determine how asteroid Dimorphos was impacted.

A NASA spacecraft is about to clobber a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away. Here's why and how to watch

The event will be the agency's first full-scale demonstration of deflection technology that can protect the planet.

A NASA spacecraft is about to clobber a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away. Here's why and how to watch

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft (DART) will impact its target at around 14,700 miles per hour. You can watch it live-ish right here at about 3 p.m. PDT.

Space agency aims to alter orbit of rock by smashing spacecraft, known as DART, into its surface, in venture hitherto only attempted in science fiction

Amateur astronomers and the public alike will be treated to a special celestial show Monday night, as the solar system’s largest planet will be close enough...

The event will be the agency's first full-scale demonstration of deflection technology that can protect the planet.

DART is set to crash into Dimorphos at 14,000 mph at 7:14 p.m. Eastern time Monday. Read more at Boston.com.

Tonight, a robotic NASA spacecraft is programmed to ram itself into a distant asteroid at 14,000 mph in deep space to demonstrate the agencys future ability to defend Earth from hazardous space rocks.