Didymos forms part of a binary system with the smaller asteroid Dimorphos.

Greek mythology has given a name to a great many objects in our solar system. But perhaps one of the least well understood ...

A neutron star and black hole (GW200105) were detected merging along an unusual oval orbit, challenging theories about how ...

SpaceX launches, NASA's Artemis II mission and a planetary collision are among the latest news updates in FLORIDA TODAY's 321 ...

A newly analyzed gravitational-wave event has revealed something unexpected about one of the Universe’s most violent encounters. Scientists have found the first strong evidence that a black hole and a ...

NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test did more than shove a small moonlet off its local path. New peer-reviewed research ...

NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid as an attempt to change the asteroid’s trajectory in 2022. Now, scientific observations have shown that the mission had more far-reaching effects than ...

NASA’s DART mission proved that a spacecraft can nudge an asteroid system in space, offering a real test of planetary defense. NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft changed the ...

Scientists analyzing a gravitational-wave signal have discovered that a neutron star and black hole spiraled together on an oval-shaped orbit just before merging. This unusual motion, detected in the ...

NASA’s DART mission changed the Dimorphos' asteroid orbit around the Sun, proving spacecraft impacts could help defend Earth.

Merging black holes and neutron stars have unusual oval orbits prior to colliding and merging, which challenge the laws of ...

Breakthrough discovery provides new clues about how these celestial bodies - that push the known laws of physics to their limits - find each other.