Millions of people could die. Fortunately for all 8 billion of us, planetary defense—the science of preventing asteroid impacts—is a highly active field of research. Astronomers are watching ...

On for one night only, this IMAX documentary highlights the high-stakes effort by global space experts to protect the planet.

Lindley Johnson has been a pioneer in blueprinting warning and response scenarios to any potential impact of Earth by an asteroid or comet. He led the establishment of the Planetary Defense ...

NASA’s planetary defense test, dubbed “Double Asteroid Redirection Test,” or DART, was geared toward discovering whether officials on Earth could successfully derail a dangerous asteroid ...

In 2014, in the wake of the Chelyabinsk meteor, the United Nations brought greater focus to asteroid threats and planetary defense by sanctioning “International Asteroid Day” on June 30 ...

TASS/. Joint asteroid defense will improve cooperation between states and facilitate technology development, head of Russia’s Roscosmos State Space Corporation Dmitry Rogozin stated on Wednesday.

In 2014, in the wake of the Chelyabinsk meteor, the United Nations brought greater focus to asteroid threats and planetary defense by sanctioning “International Asteroid Day” on June 30 ...