With a low but notable chance of hitting our moon this asteroid is in the sights of scientists. A city-block-sized asteroid ...

After mulling several different solutions, scientists have devised an unconventional method to stop the “city killer” space ...

Asteroid 2025 SA3, a 54-foot space rock, will safely pass Earth on September 30, 2025, at a distance of 1.67 million miles. This close approach, while posing no threat, underscores the critical ...

The Tianwen 2 mission, which is China's first attempt to bring pristine asteroid samples back to Earth, was launched on May ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a chance of hitting the moon. To save it from collision, scientists are considering launching a nuclear bomb at the asteroid.

In 2010, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) made history when its Hayabusa probe became the first spacecraft to ...

On Sept. 26, 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test craft smashed into its target, the hazardous asteroid Dimorphos, ...

Since its discovery in 1999, the near-Earth asteroid Bennu has captivated scientists as a time capsule from the early solar ...

Astronomers have used observatories around the world, including the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO ...

Apophis will zoom safely past the Earth closer than the orbits of geosynchronous satellites on April 13, 2029. As well as the ...

Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar System ...