Astronomers have confirmed the discovery of an "interstellar object" named 3I/Atlas passing through the inner solar system.

NASA has confirmed that asteroid 2025 NJ, measuring about 65 feet wide, will make its closest approach on 7 July.

The aerospace agency’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) audited the Planetary Defense plan and on Tuesday published the ...

Eighty years ago, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and ...

Earth is hit by asteroids all the time, but to avoid severe damages in the future NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test ...

Faint booms from space help track incoming debris. But the path matters more than you think. Earth gains a little mass each ...

Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...

"The United Nations declaration of June 30 as Asteroid Day is a very important milestone for us," Asteroid Day co-founder ...

The report comes on the heels of President Donald Trump’s initial budget proposal for NASA, which calls for historically ...

NASA’s Planetary Defense Strategy and Action Plan faces several significant challenges in efforts to detect, track and mitigate potential hazards posed by NEOs.

The designation is already used in other parts of the world to raise awareness for space science and planetary defense.

YR4 won’t hit Earth, but a 4% chance remains for a lunar impact. ESA's upcoming NEOMIR telescope could revolutionize early ...