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.

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

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

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

Scientists estimate there are thousands of asteroids large enough to destroy a city near Earth. NASA is sending a telescope ...

A loud boom heard across Cleveland on Tuesday morning, and NASA has confirmed that it was caused by an asteroid that was 6 ...

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 ...

NASA confirms two airplane-sized asteroids will safely pass Earth on April 4, 2026. No collision risk exists. Comet MAPS will also approach the Sun, monitored by SOHO spacecraft.

NASA OSIRIS-REx sample collection event at Asteroid Bennu saw the spacecraft plunge its arm into the surface. Find out how ...

DNA from a distance ...

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