Chinese scientists claim to have identified the most effective method to bury and detonate a nuclear device inside a large asteroid, aiming to prevent a potentially catastrophic collision with Earth.

Near‑Earth asteroid impacts pose a major threat that could lead to the destruction of human civilization, having already caused catastrophic environmental changes and mass extinctions multiple times ...

Explore how the DART mission advanced planetary defense using kinetic impactor technology and impactor hardware to enable real-world asteroid deflection strategies. Pixabay The concept of planetary ...

Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate far more energy than previously thought without breaking apart—a ...

The man was far from his former life when Dallas Area Rapid Transit police encountered him at a bus station on Bryan Street. Once an airline employee, he developed a drinking problem and was now ...

The finale of the Internet Invitational — the influencer event conducted by Barstool Sports and Bob Does Sports — garnered more than 1.5 million views in less than 24 hours after its release last week ...

Multnomah County commissioners were less than dazzled by the performance of the county’s drug deflection center during its first year of operation, which ended Aug. 31. At a briefing Thursday, ...