HELSINKI — China has selected near-Earth object 2019 VL5 for a combined asteroid deflection and observation test to launch 2025. The mission will use a Long March 3B rocket and carry both an impactor ...

If an asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, can humanity be saved not with a bang, but with a nudge? NASA is poised to investigate just that with a first-of-its-kind mission to deflect an asteroid by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EAST LANSING — Scientists may be one step closer to being able to protect Earth from objects on a collision course, and Michigan ...

The asteroid target has not yet been released. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. China is planning a kinetic asteroid defense ...

Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore played a role in NASA's successful mission to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid Monday. The mission known as the Double Asteroid ...

LeBron James in the People’s Daily, former securities regulator purged, biotech ambitions on display, asteroid deflection test announced, and another typhoon amid extreme weather worries 1. LeBron ...