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

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Study Confirms DART Nudged Asteroid Pair’s Solar Orbit in First Measured Human-Made Deflection

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NASA Warns Thousands of Mid‑Sized Asteroids Remain Undetected as Deflection Capability Lags

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CERN Test Finds Iron Meteorite Hardens Under Extreme Irradiation, Bolstering Nuclear-Deflection Case

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Impact Alert Withdrawn as Suspected Asteroid Reidentified as Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

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Newly Found Asteroid Inside Venus Completes a 128-Day Orbit, Second-Fastest on Record

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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Nears Oct. 30 Perihelion With CO2-Rich Makeup and Record Pace

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NASA Drafts Plan to Divert or Break Up Asteroid 2024 YR4 as Models Flag Small 2032 Lunar Impact Risk

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NASA Team Weighs Nuclear Option to Avert Possible 2032 Lunar Strike by Asteroid 2024 YR4

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Study Outlines Nuclear or Kinetic Response as Asteroid 2024 YR4 Poses 4% Moon-Impact Risk

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Study Lays Out Nuclear and Kinetic Options to Prevent Possible 2032 Moon Impact by Asteroid 2024 YR4

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Shandong Fireball Videos Show Apparent Midair Strike as Intercept Claims Remain Unconfirmed

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ESA’s Apophis Probe on Track as China Proposes 2029 Flyby

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China Details Two-Spacecraft Asteroid-Deflection Test Targeted for 2030

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LICIACube Images Show 16 Million-Kilogram DART Ejecta That Drove Dimorphos’ Deflection

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DART Ejecta Analysis Reveals Boulder Clusters Could Tilt Dimorphos’s Orbit

Planetary Defense

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

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

Study Confirms DART Nudged Asteroid Pair’s Solar Orbit in First Measured Human-Made Deflection

Study Confirms DART Nudged Asteroid Pair’s Solar Orbit, a First for Humanity

Webb Data Rules Out 2032 Lunar Impact for Asteroid 2024 YR4

NASA Sounds Alarm on 15,000 Undetected 'City-Killer' Asteroids

NASA Warns Thousands of Mid‑Sized Asteroids Remain Undetected as Deflection Capability Lags

CERN Test Finds Iron Meteorite Hardens Under Extreme Irradiation, Bolstering Nuclear-Deflection Case

Impact Alert Withdrawn as Suspected Asteroid Reidentified as Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Newly Found Asteroid Inside Venus Completes a 128-Day Orbit, Second-Fastest on Record

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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Nears Oct. 30 Perihelion With CO2-Rich Makeup and Record Pace

NASA Drafts Plan to Divert or Break Up Asteroid 2024 YR4 as Models Flag Small 2032 Lunar Impact Risk

NASA Team Weighs Nuclear Option to Avert Possible 2032 Lunar Strike by Asteroid 2024 YR4

Study Outlines Nuclear or Kinetic Response as Asteroid 2024 YR4 Poses 4% Moon-Impact Risk

Study Lays Out Nuclear and Kinetic Options to Prevent Possible 2032 Moon Impact by Asteroid 2024 YR4

Shandong Fireball Videos Show Apparent Midair Strike as Intercept Claims Remain Unconfirmed

ESA’s Apophis Probe on Track as China Proposes 2029 Flyby

China Details Two-Spacecraft Asteroid-Deflection Test Targeted for 2030

LICIACube Images Show 16 Million-Kilogram DART Ejecta That Drove Dimorphos’ Deflection

DART Ejecta Analysis Reveals Boulder Clusters Could Tilt Dimorphos’s Orbit

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