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 ...
China is studying an on-orbit kinetic impact test mission for planetary defense that would target a small near-Earth asteroid ...
Researchers identified the Chicxulub impactor as an exceptionally rare type of asteroid that wouldn't have triggered a mass ...
A study proposes two nuclear asteroid defense modes, comparing direct impact detonation with a new flyby pre-excavation ...
Using physics based simulation models like Asteroid Launcher, researchers can project exactly how these variables translate ...
A violent collision in the main asteroid belt may have sent debris raining across the inner solar system about 800 million ...