Nasa's first asteroid sample parachutes into Utah desert
This marks only the third asteroid sample, and by far the biggest, ever returned to Earth for analysis, following two similar missions by Japan's space agency ending in 2010 and 2020.
Truck-sized asteroid misses Earth
At its nearest point, the asteroid was only 3,600km from Earth's surface.
Asteroid's path altered in Nasa's first test of planetary defence system
Findings of telescope observations unveiled at a Nasa briefing confirmed the suicide test flight of the Dart spacecraft achieving its primary objective: changing the direction of an asteroid through sheer kinetic force.
Nasa to deflect asteroid in test of ‘planetary defence’
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test or DART is to determine whether this is an effective way to deflect the course of an asteroid should one threaten the Earth in the future.
Japan lands asteroid samples safely on Earth
Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa-2 spent more than a year investigating asteroid Ryugu.
