Could humanity nuke an incoming asteroid to deflect it and save the Earth, disaster-movie style? A unique new impact simulation suggests that a nuclear option could be a viable last resort to avert an ...

Historically planetary defense research has focused on deflecting asteroids by using momentum to nudge their cosmic course ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Hollywood loves to imagine humanity nuking any Earth-killing asteroid that threatens our planet, but such a drastic action could have devastating ...

Plenty of asteroids can survive their fiery plunge through the Earth’s atmosphere. If they’re big enough, they can prove incredibly destructive, like the 60-foot Chelyabinsk meteor that exploded over ...

The China National Space Administration plans to launch the asteroid sample-return mission TianWen-2 with the target being the near-Earth asteroid 2016 HO3. The TianWen-2 spacecraft mainly focuses on ...