In NASA's galactic game of pinball, the Didymos binary asteroid system is the jackpot. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Didymos is ...

An asteroid called Didymos recently had a close encounter with a spacecraft. Now it has divulged a dizzying secret: the half-mile-wide rock seems to be spinning so rapidly—completing a full rotation ...

Astronomers watched in awe as binary asteroid Didymos brightened up immediately after the impact of NASA's DART spacecraft on Monday (Sept. 26). Italian astronomer Gianluca Masi couldn't contain his ...

NASA's planetary defense mission has launched from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, which is tasked with the aim of slamming into an asteroid and altering its orbit.