The asteroid, which is being carefully tracked by NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) and the Jet Propulsion ...

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to protect Earth from the threat of an asteroid impact. By smashing a ...

An enormous asteroid is approaching Earth at 24,136 miles per hour—and will be at its closest to us in two days' time. The ...

NASA confirms asteroid 2025 QV9 is on track. The rock measures approximately 100 feet wide. It travels at a high speed of 10,319 miles per hour.

NASA has issued a warning that an asteroid the size of a plane will pass close to Earth tomorrow. The space rock, which measures 124ft (38m), will make a close pass of our planet ...

A plan by a team of scientists suggests using nuclear explosive devices to prevent an asteroid, 2024 YR4, from striking the moon in 2032.

The interstellar object hurtling toward the inner solar system, where Earth is located, is much larger than previously thought, astronomers say. A comet named 3I/ATLAS likely weighs more than 33 ...

Sooner or later, a sizable asteroid could impact a populated area on Earth. How is the US, and the world, preparing?

The "potentially hazardous" asteroid 2025 FA22 will fly close past Earth at more than 24,000 mph on Thursday (Sept. 18). The ...

The interstellar object hurtling toward the inner solar system, where Earth is located, is much larger than previously thought, astronomers say.