Scientists say we are about to get a second moon - for more than two months. The so-called 'mini moon' will orbit our planet ...

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

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

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.

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

An asteroid hurtling toward Earth could be deflected without a spacecraft ever touching it.

“Near-Earth objects (NEOs) that follow horseshoe paths, and approach our planet at close range and low relative velocity, may undergo mini-moon events in which their geocentric energy becomes negative ...

Unlike the existing moon — which has orbited our planet for about 4 billion years — this new floating rock is only expected ...

The regular Moon’s new, temporary friend is 2024 PT₅, an asteroid captured from the Arjuna asteroid group (called the ...

The cooling from atmospheric dust from this bombardment also explains other evidence suggesting a period when our planet was ...

Beginning on Sunday, the planet will capture an asteroid sailing nearby, drawing it in for one loop around Earth before ...