New close-up images reveal the surprising snowman shape of "potentially hazardous" asteroid 2024 ON, which tumbled safely past our planet on Sept. 17. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

There are many theories on how to best handle a rare (but possible) cataclysmic asteroid collision with Earth. Effectively testing these possible solutions against actual space rocks, however, is ...

A moonlet from the Arjuna asteroid belt is set to fall into Earth's orbit for 57 days. The school-bus-sized space rock won't ...

Experiment shows that, in a worst-case scenario, humanity could use a nuclear explosion to save the planet from a deadly ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory ‘JPL’ has been carefully monitoring five asteroids that are predicted to safely fly by Earth ...

An X-ray pulse may be able to vaporize the surface of an asteroid and change its trajectory, according to a proof-of-concept ...

This temporary celestial guest, mini moon, might just be bright enough to be clearly observable from the Earth using telescopes.

Radiation from a nuclear explosion can vaporize the surface of an asteroid and change its trajectory, a new study finds.

From that point, after weeks in our orbit, it will go back home to an asteroid belt revolving around the sun. The Guardian ...

What is a 'second moon' and when will one be in range of Earth? Will people be able to see it? Here's what to know about what ...

Researchers theorize X-rays from a nuclear explosion could be used to vaporize an asteroid's surface, altering its trajectory ...

A 33-foot asteroid named 2024 PT5 is expected to briefly orbit the Earth between September 29 and November 25.