For the first time, humanity has proved it can deliberately shove a small world off course. NASA’s Double Asteroid ...

Unistellar's citizen scientists are using their smart telescopes to engage in planetary defense, research and observational astronomy.

The world’s first full-scale planetary defense test is in motion. The mission is called DART and what scientists learn from it could save humankind from a future catastrophic event. Nancy Chabot is a ...

NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office sounds like something out of a disaster movie, but its work is far more methodical than cinematic. Instead of scrambling at the last minute, the office ...

Space agencies around the globe have launched an unprecedented wave of planetary defense exercises, all centered on a mysterious interstellar visitor that refuses to behave like anything scientists ...

NASA is ending financial support for several planetary science groups as part of a broader drawdown of the agency’s advisory ...