Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our ...

NASA has defined asteroids as small, rocky objects that orbit the sun like planets, but they are much smaller in size. Most of them are found in the main asteroid belt, a region between the orbits of ...

While most NEOs are harmless, larger ones can cause significant damage, such as the 2013 Chelyabinsk ... object's path, similar to hurricane forecasts. Time is critical, as the asteroid may ...

The Chelyabinsk meteor exploded over Russia with a force of 40 Hiroshima nuclear bombs. Damage stretched for 500 square kilometers, destroying 7,200 building and injuring over 1,400 people in its ...

The Chelyabinsk meteor went undetected until it exploded ... causing astronomers to hastily begin mapping the comet’s path. At the time, Lindley Johnson, a U.S. Air Force major, had just ...

Coincidentally, on the day of the Chelyabinsk event ... This was Nasa's first test to see if it could deflect an asteroid's path and it was a success. After impact, Dimorphos' orbit was altered.