NASA has just premiered Planetary Defenders, offering a fascinating look at the high-stakes work geared toward protecting Earth from any large asteroids discovered coming our way.

Space agencies from the US, Europe and Japan are all making plans to visit the asteroid Apophis when it makes an extremely close flyby in 2029 to learn how to deflect others like it ...

Lindley Johnson has been a pioneer in blueprinting warning and response scenarios to any potential impact of Earth by an ...

An Apollo-class asteroid, 2011 VG9, is approaching Earth at a staggering speed, set to pass on April 16th. While not ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is closing in on its second close encounter with an asteroid, expected to happen on April 20, 2025.

Of all the asteroids that become meteoroids by striking Earth's surface, only 4% contain abundant carbon. But scientists know ...

NASA recently tracked asteroid 2024 YR4, which initially showed a 3 per cent chance of hitting Earth in 2032. New data shows it's no longer a threat, but the incident highlights the need for strong ...

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

A planetary scientist explains new research explaining the differing compositions between space rocks that hit Earth and are brought back.

A group of comets with unexplained movements presents a quandary D avide Farnocchia hunts down and tracks asteroids, and several years ago he saw something he couldn’t explain. Farnocchia works at ...

An asteroid called 2020 CD3 was bound to Earth for several years before leaving the planet’s orbit in 2020 and another called 2022 NX1 became a mini-moon of Earth in 1981 and 2022 and will return ...

The Southwest Research Institute-led Lucy mission is preparing to survey the next target in its epic 4-billion-mile, 12-year, 11-asteroid tour. On April 20, 2025, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will fly past ...