NASA has issued an alert about an impending asteroid, one as large as a skyscraper, that is on a trajectory towards our ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has a 4% chance of smashing into the Moon in about seven years. Astronomers are already working ...

The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as far as we know. But that doesn’t mean we don’t get visitors, most often in the form of (usually harmless) asteroids. Some even ...

The American Apophis Strategy is simple, powerful, and cost-effective: keep OSIRIS-APEX on track and unleash Janus through a public-private partnership. This would put the U.S. in the lead — not just ...

NASA is investing significant resources into asteroid defence, but its new protective system could have unintended ...

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

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

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 ...

"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." ...

Did a missile slam into a meteor over China? China has been racing ahead in the field of space, and is also preparing its ...

Asteroid deflection could backfire if the impact shoves the rock into a cosmic keyhole, a hidden trapdoor in space.