In 2022, both Elon Musk and NASA issued serious warnings about the potential threat of a massive asteroid on a collision course with Earth. While asteroids passing near our planet are not uncommon ...

At first, AstroForge kept its target asteroid a secret, fearing competitors. But in January, the company announced the destination, an object called 2022 OB5. Mr. Gialich said he was more ...

AstroForge announced Jan. 29 that its Mission 2 spacecraft launching next month will travel to the asteroid 2022 OB5, a small near Earth asteroid that could be metallic. The spacecraft ...

In case you want to mark your calendars, the possible collision date is May 6, 2022. But don't worry, it's not yet time to train a team of training experts to smash the asteroid in space, like in the ...

Image captured by Italy's LICIACube just minutes after NASA's DART mission intentionally collided with asteroid Dimorphos on Sept. 26, 2022. NASA/ASA In September 2022, a NASA spacecraft smashed ...

In September 2022, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test successfully demonstrated how a fast-moving spacecraft could change an asteroid’s trajectory by crashing into it, potentially ...

In September 2022, NASA intentionally smashed its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft into a tiny asteroid called Dimorphos, a landmark test to see whether we could divert ...

On July 18, 2023, it triumphed, uncovering 2022 SF289 - an asteroid that had previously escaped notice due to its faint appearance and elusive trajectory. HelioLinc3D's ability to merge fragments ...

On July 18, 2023, an algorithm called HelioLinc3D identified a 600-foot asteroid, which has since been christened “2022 SF289.” Though the name doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue ...

The "potentially hazardous" asteroid, named 2022 SF289, was 600 feet long and was discovered during a test of the algorithm in Hawaii. Scientists were able to confirm that the asteroid "poses no ...

On 26 September, after travelling 11 million kilometres from Earth in nine months, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) craft slammed into the space rock Dimorphos. The goal was to see ...