NASA's DART: Redirecting an asteroid to protect Earth

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...

How to Watch the First Meteor Shower and Supermoon of 2026

On Jan. 3, the cosmos will deliver a double feature you won’t want to miss, lighting up the winter sky with a glowing super ...

NASA tracking plane-sized asteroid approaching Earth

Zipping toward Earth at around 20,000 miles per hour, the asteroid is due to make its closest approach on Tuesday.
Scientific American

You Need to See the First Fiery Meteor Shower of 2026

The new year has arrived, and the Quadrantid meteor shower is coming in hot. Here’s how to see this often-spectacular shower ...
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Moon landings, asteroid missions and new telescopes: Here are the top spaceflight moments to look forward to in 2026

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Hera spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at the binary asteroid system Didymos in November ...
NBC New York

An asteroid might be heading for the moon. Should we nuke it?

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Such a cosmic ...