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

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 ...

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

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

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

China has unveiled its mission to impact deliberately a near-Earth asteroid by 2030 – a decisive step toward establishing its ...

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

Scientists warn that deflecting asteroids could inadvertently direct them through gravitational keyholes, potentially causing delayed impacts on Earth.

Selecting the right spot to smash a spacecraft into the surface of a hazardous asteroid to deflect it must be done with great ...

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

Using insights from the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), researchers have developed a tool that would reveal future ...