New images from NASA's DART asteroid-smashing mission show space rocks exchanging material in a slow process that reshapes ...

China signals new target for 2027 asteroid deflection test China has identified a new target near-Earth asteroid for its first planetary defense kinetic test mission, which is scheduled to launch in ...

Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’s private space company, revealed plans to play a pivotal role in Earth’s defense against dangerous ...

NASA’s planetary science program is still facing a funding shortfall that requires “strategic choices” about which missions to continue.

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission not only altered an asteroid’s orbit but, for the first time, a new study ...

NASA's DART mission didn’t just change the orbit of Dimorphos, the asteroid it hit. It changed the orbit of the larger ...

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 ...

SpaceX launches, NASA's Artemis II mission and a planetary collision are among the latest news updates in FLORIDA TODAY's 321 ...

The Committee on Planetary Protection (CoPP) monitors progress implementing the planetary protection guidelines associated with priority programs and missions identified in the National Academies ...

Suggested Citation: "4 Implications of Planetary Protection Category I Versus Category II for Small Body Missions." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Planetary ...