But planetary defense is real: while an increasingly advanced array of asteroid-hunting observatories diligently and ...

And that as we sit here we're vulnerable to asteroid strikes. They're big, they're fast, and they could really mess up whatever they smash into. Remember what happened to the dinosaurs?

Laboratory experiments show they work by vaporizing the surface of an asteroid – turning it into a gas – and therefore changing its trajectory. Experts say this technology could potentially be ...

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researchers think X-ray blasts could one day save Earth from an asteroid strike. NASA made headlines two years ago when it altered an asteroid’s course by crashing a spacecraft into it, proof of ...

October has been a stellar month for celestial events, with comets, a mini-moon, the Draconid meteor shower and the recent supermoon. And now comes the Orionid meteor shower. The Orionid meteor ...

The Chicxulub asteroid strike is well-known for its role in dinosaur extinction, but new findings suggest it might have been part of a duo. A second asteroid impact might have occurred around the ...

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Hollywood movies such as "Armageddon ... outburst could vaporize rock off the asteroid's surface, resulting in a push that could steer a catastrophic strike away from Earth.