Selecting the right spot to smash a spacecraft into the surface of a hazardous asteroid to deflect it must be done with great ...

If asteroid deflection missions aren’t conducted with the utmost care and precision, they may send objects through a ...

New research warns that if we don't hit an asteroid in exactly the right spot, it could end up on a collision course with ...

NASA's DART mission proved we are able to change an asteroid's path by smashing a spacecraft into it, but exactly where we ...

Experts have warned that NASA's asteroid deflection system could inadvertently send one towards Earth. The Double Asteroid ...

To avoid this scenario, Makadia's team plotted the best spots on an asteroid's surface to avoid the keyhole. Their technique ...

When a massive asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, the solution seems straightforward; smash a spacecraft into it and knock it off course.

Selecting the right spot to smash a spacecraft into the surface of a hazardous asteroid to deflect it must be done with great care, according to new ...

Asteroid deflection could backfire if the impact shoves the rock into a cosmic keyhole, a hidden trapdoor in space.

A theoretical mission to avert an asteroid heading straight for Earth is fraught with enough risk to write a Michael Bay film. Rather than the thrills of Armageddon, like a malfunctioning drill or a ...

Scientists caution that asteroid deflection must be precise, as striking the wrong spot risks sending it through a gravitational keyhole that sets up a future collision with Earth. Using lessons from ...

A 'gravitational keyhole' refers to a specific spatial region where the gravity of planets (such as Jupiter) can alter the trajectory of an asteroid, ultimately causing it to collide with Earth.