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Scientists estimate 460-foot asteroids strike once every 20,000 years.

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft, launched on Wednesday, could be the first to alter an asteroid’s path, a technique that may be used to defend the planet in the future.

A NASA mission to deliberately smash a spacecraft into an asteroid—a test run should humanity ever need to stop a giant space rock from wiping out life on Earth—blasted off Tuesday from California.

A NASA spacecraft that will deliberately crash into an asteroid has successfully launched.

Planetary defense experiment aims to slam DART vehicle into rock, adjusting its path, in feasibility test of deflecting other objects that might head catastrophically toward planet

Nasa has launched a spacecraft to deliberately ram into an asteroid, as a test run in case humanity ever needs to divert a space rock from crashing into the Earth.

A NASA mission to deliberately smash a spacecraft into an asteroid - a test run should humanity ever need to stop a giant space rock hitting the Earth

A NASA spacecraft that will deliberately crash into an asteroid is preparing to launch.

A spacecraft is set to launch on a mission to nudge an asteroid off course.

A spacecraft is set to launch on a mission to nudge an asteroid off course.