Stay updated with breaking news from Double Asteroid Redirection Test Dart. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
If anyone's going to destroy this planet, it will be us, not some big rock zooming at incredible speeds across space, and now we have the uncrewed spacecraft to prove it.
NASA launches spacecraft to crash into an asteroid - Know about DART mission - There are 10,000 known near-Earth asteroids 460 feet in size or greater, but none has a significant chance to hit in the next 100 years.