Asteroid 2024 RV50, measuring 710 feet, will make a close approach to Earth on October 18, 2024, passing at a distance of ...

ESA's Hera spacecraft designed to assess NASA's experiment to deflect an asteroid has launched from Cape Canaveral Space ...

A follow-up mission to DART, Hera will travel to a binary asteroid to observe the aftermath of NASA's wildly successful ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew by asteroid Dinkinesh and made a surprising discovery, a close binary! Preliminary statistics ...

ESA's Hera spacecraft captured farewell views of Earth and the moon as it sails away into space to investigate the asteroid ...

The European Space Agency, NASA and SpaceX are sending a spacecraft to conduct further tests on an asteroid that was successfully nudged by a NASA spacecraft that intentionally crashed into it in 2022 ...

The meteor’s impact triggered a cascade of effects. It kicked up so much dust that the sky darkened. As the sun dimmed, ...

A spacecraft has blasted off to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash. It's the second part of a planetary defense test ...

The NASA spacecraft hit the roughly 160 meters in diameter Dimorphos, which orbits a larger asteroid — the 780 meter Didymos.

Skywatchers have the rare chance to observe the brilliant Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, which will make its closest approach to ...

NASA has unveiled its strategy to counter potential asteroid threats in its National Preparedness Strategy and Action Plan ...

We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Everyone knows of the asteroid that spelled the end of all non-avian dinosaurs—the Chicxulub impactor—but a new study shows that a ...