New research warns that if we don't hit an asteroid in exactly the right spot, it could end up on a collision course with ...

Asteroid 2025 FA22, measuring up to 951 feet across, will make a close approach to Earth early Thursday according to NASA ...

The label " space rock " feels like an understatement for what NASA just observed. A rock is something you throw at a window ...

Experts have warned that NASA's asteroid deflection system could inadvertently send one towards Earth. The Double Asteroid ...

For weeks, Elena Adams has been leading her team at the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, through ...

To avoid this scenario, Makadia's team plotted the best spots on an asteroid's surface to avoid the keyhole. Their technique ...

NASA's DART mission proved we are able to change an asteroid's path by smashing a spacecraft into it, but exactly where we ...

"This is four times more people than saw Neil Armstrong walk on the moon. Think about what a world event this is going to be." ...

When engineers at a control center in Turin, Italy, sent a faint radio signal into space, they set off a world-first ...

Scientists caution that asteroid deflection must be precise, as striking the wrong spot risks sending it through a gravitational keyhole that sets up a future collision with Earth. Using lessons from ...

In its youth, the dwarf planet Ceres may have brewed a chemical banquet beneath its icy crust.

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their ...