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 ...

A massive asteroid may collide with Earth in 2025, according to predictions by the famous 16th-century French astrologer ...

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

NASA planetary defence experts simulate catastrophic asteroid impact scenarios with a 72% Earth strike probability, as ESA's ...

A new study warns of an undiscovered population of asteroids that could strike Earth with little to no warning.

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

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to the asteroid in this orbit animation. Credit: NASA's Scientific ...

A comet speeding towards the inner solar system, where Earth is located, is significantly bigger than initially thought, ...

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 ...

Asteroids are small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun and were typically formed during the solar system's development ...

Researchers warn of potentially hazardous asteroids sharing Venus's orbit, which remain largely undetected due to current observational limitations.

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.