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Study Confirms DART Nudged Asteroid Pair’s Orbit Around the Sun

A new Science Advances analysis reports a tiny heliocentric slowdown detected with years of precision tracking, underscoring kinetic impactors as a viable defense.

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Astronomers Detect Smallest Asteroids in Main Belt Using Infrared Data

Near-Earth Objects

Study Confirms DART Nudged Asteroid Pair’s Orbit Around the Sun

Study Finds 1-in-156 Lifetime Odds of Asteroid Impact

Goldstone Radar Maps Fast-Spinning 60-Meter Asteroid During Safe Close Flyby

2024 YR4’s Earth Impact Ruled Out, Moon Collision Risk Rises to 4.3%

Researchers Warn Venus Co-Orbital Asteroids Could Endanger Earth

Asteroid 2024 YR4 Poses Small Risk of Lunar Impact

Asteroid 2024 YR4 Ruled Out as Earth Threat, Moon Impact Risk Rises

Asteroid 2024 YR4's Earth Impact Risk Raised to 3.1%, Highest Ever Recorded

Astronomers Detect Smallest Asteroids in Main Belt Using Infrared Data