NASA Asteroid

On February 18, 2026, NASA shared a rare and unsettling update about the growing asteroid threat to Earth. Agency officials confirmed that thousands of large space rocks, known as “city-killer” asteroids, remain undetected, and there is no ready defense system to stop them if one heads our way. These asteroids are big enough to wipe…

On September 26, 2022, NASA achieved a major milestone in planetary defense by crashing the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft into the asteroid moon Dimorphos. This mission proved that we can change an asteroid’s path using kinetic impact. It marked a big step forward in protecting Earth from potential cosmic threats. Even with this…