Historically planetary defense research has focused on deflecting asteroids by using momentum to nudge their cosmic course ...

The asteroid will make a close approach to Earth just three days following its discovery.

Scientists detected all five nucleobases in asteroid Ryugu samples, suggesting the key building blocks of DNA and RNA are ...

One of the most complex machines humankind has ever built tracked an almost invisible object many millions of kilometres away ...

BALTIMORE — In 1998, Bruce Willis saved the world by blowing up an asteroid threat in “Armageddon.” In 2022, NASA did the ...

Maini, of the UN’s Office for Outer Space Affairs, is primed and ready should a planetary strike occur – and just over 12 months ago, she thought it might ...

On March 31, 2026, Earth will witness three near-Earth asteroid flybys. From a 36-foot bus-sized rock to a 72-foot ...

Scientists studying samples from the asteroid Bennu have uncovered a surprisingly complex chemical landscape at the tiniest ...

Blue Origin and NASA are teaming up on a new mission to protect Earth from asteroids, building on NASA's DART success.

The space rock is hurtling through our cosmic backyard at a speed of some 11,453 miles per hour, according to the space ...

Webb telescope data shows a once-risky asteroid will safely pass Earth and the Moon in 2032, removing all impact concerns.

And I had always heard that Jupiter protected us from asteroids, not that it launched them at the Earth.