The Physics of Smashing a Spacecraft Into an Asteroid
NASA will soon release the results of its DART mission to find out whether crashing a probe into a space rock can deflect it. Here’s how they'll do the math. ..
NASA will soon release the results of its DART mission to find out whether crashing a probe into a space rock can deflect it. Here’s how they'll do the math. ..
The mission was designed to test whether a probe could knock a hazardous space rock away from a crash course with Earth. ..
Ten tiny satellites will be hitching a ride en route to the moon, each with scientific objectives of their own. ..
Heavenly bodies are always in motion: Pushing back the asteroid probe’s blastoff date could require a new trajectory, longer travel time, and much more ..
Mars is littered with craters made by binary asteroids. These collisions are as intriguing as they are powerful. ..
Researchers at the B612 Foundation’s Asteroid Institute developed a new tool for tracking space-rock trajectories—even with limited data. ..
This August, following tests at the launch site, the probe will voyage to the middle of the solar system to do the first detailed study of a mostly metal ..
The agency’s Innovative Advanced Concepts program provides seed funding for ideas that sound like sci-fi—but just might work. ..
Scientists think the diminutive planet’s surface could be covered with space gems, thanks to an abundance of carbon and pressure from colliding asteroids. ..
The DART mission is scheduled to launch early Wednesday. It will crash into an asteroid to see if it's possible to deflect one. ..