NASA's head of planetary defence, Dr Kelly Fast, has issued an unsettling update on thousands of ‘city-killer’ asteroids that could hit Earth.

Space agencies maintain that global cooperation and sustained investment are vital to planetary defence. While the DART ...

NASA's OSIRIS-APEX mission executed an Earth flyby successfully on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, to position the craft on a course for a future rendezvous with the possibly hazardous asteroid Apophis, ...

NASA officials warn thousands of undetected “city killer” asteroids may be circling near Earth. With limited deflection tools ready, are we prepared if one suddenly shifts onto a collision course?

For nearly a quarter-century, the nonprofit B612 Foundation has helped scientists track dangerous asteroids and educated the ...

The object is hurtling towards the Earth at a zippy 12,616 miles per hour, according to data from the space agency.

When a space rock big enough to end civilization shows up on the radar, the margin for philosophical debate shrinks fast. In ...

NASA scientists recently expressed alarm over the potential threat posed by approximately 15,000 undetected asteroids capable ...

This time last year, the world was gripped by reports that an incoming, nearly 200-feet-wide asteroid had a tiny, tiny chance of hitting the Earth in 2032. The sigh of relief that we weren’t on course ...

They blasted a meteorite with a plasma beam — and made a baffling discovery. The post Scientists Say Heck, Just Nuke a Killer Asteroid Heading for Earth appeared first on Futurism.