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China is planning on building an asteroid monitoring and defense system, and plans to carry out a technical experiment as early as 2025 on a threatening asteroid by closely tracking and attacking it to change its orbit, China National Space Administration (CNSA) deputy head Wu Yanhua disclosed on this year’s Space Day of China, which fell on Sunday.

Expect first photographs and data from the recently launched James Webb Space Telescope this year, launch of a new mission to examine an undiscovered world.

NASA has warned that a giant asteroid bigger than the Eiffel Tower will break into Earth's orbit in just over a week.The huge 1,082 foot space rock is

A SpaceX rocket launched Wednesday as NASA attempts a mission that could change the course of asteroids.

Taking aim at a distant asteroid, SpaceX fired a small NASA probe into space early Wednesday, setting up a head-on 15,000 mph impact next September to test the feasibility of nudging a threatening body off course long before it could crash into Earth. The $330 million Double Asteroid Redirection...

NASA is crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid. Here’s how to watch the launch.

NASA is crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid. Here’s how to watch the launch.

The plan is to have it crash into the asteroid in September 2022.

NASA is crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid. Here’s how to watch the launch.

It’s been a long time in the making, but finally, humanity’s first major attempt at altering the course of an asteroid is on its way to the target.