The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...

An alternate explanation that fits the evidence is that Vesta was once part of a planet – but which planet that might been ...

A nuclear explosion might eventually be Earth’s only way to protect itself from a dangerous asteroid. But preparing for that ...

Lindley Johnson has been a pioneer in blueprinting warning and response scenarios to any potential impact of Earth by an asteroid or comet. He led the establishment of the Planetary Defense ...

Astronomers have traced the origin of asteroid 2024 YR4, which appears to have broken off from a larger space rock.

NASA is tracking a house-sized asteroid making its way toward Earth today, May 2, 2025, with an alarming speed of 42,300 ...

Researchers say the dinosaurs weren’t yet in decline shortly before the extinction event, contradicting previous findings ...

Scientists leveraged a global camera network and doorbell cameras to track dozens of meteorites to their asteroid families.

The discovery of 2024 PT5, a small, rocky body dubbed a "minimoon" during its discovery last year, hints at a hidden ...

The once-dubbed "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 has surprised scientists with its 'unusual' shape as it rapidly rotates through space on a trajectory that could see it hit the moon.

The asteroid is shaped like a hockey puck and is about the size of a football field in diameter which is about 60m.

According to recent research ... s orbit if the asteroid strikes the Moon, according to reports citing scientists. However, this could also help scientists observe impact physics and crater ...