Nasa has successfully sent a laser signal about 290 million miles, smashing previous records and potentially transforming our ...

The car-sized probe is part of a mission to better understand the ‘kinetic impact’ technique of asteroid deflection.

NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications test has completed its first phase, showing that laser communications in space are possible and faster than radio.

The highly anticipated surveillance mission of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) has launched on a journey to investigate the scene.

ESA has launched the first planetary defense Hera spacecraft aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 to investigate NASA-deflected Dimorphos ...

The Deep Space Optical Communications tech demo has completed several key milestones, culminating in sending a signal to Mars ...

NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN) stands as the most extensive and sensitive telecommunications system dedicated to space, ...

ESA's Hera spacecraft has embarked on a groundbreaking mission to the binary asteroid system, Didymos, to enhance planetary defense techniques. This mission follows NASA's successful DART mission ...

To study DART’s effectiveness, Hera is headed for Didymos to see whether DART is viable. The ESA says Hera is about the size ...

NASA and KASA will work together on a mission to an unexplored region of space. NASA and South Korea's space agency have ...

Astronomers and biologists have long believed that a lot of the chemistry necessary for life was imported to Earth aboard ...

The NASA spacecraft hit the roughly 160 meters in diameter Dimorphos, which orbits a larger asteroid — the 780 meter Didymos.