An X-ray pulse generated by a nuclear device could vaporise the surface of an asteroid and deflect it from a trajectory towards Earth, according to a new proof ... near-Earth objects can be ...

NASA’s Asteroid Watch Dashboard has issued a new list of five asteroids on approach, with close passes to Earth expected ...

In the vast expanse of space, an estimated 1 million near-Earth objects (NEOs), also known as near-Earth asteroids, are ...

New calculations suggest that a large asteroid recently predicted to have an increased odds of striking Earth could miss the planet and might instead impact the Moon. Nasa’s Center for Near Earth ...

Scientists have discovered a new asteroid with a one-in-83 ... For now, though, observations point toward the asteroid barely missing Earth, as seen in the simulation shared by amateur astronomer ...

Four large “potentially hazardous” asteroids ... and comets that will make relatively close approaches to Earth in what it calls the Asteroid Watch dashboard. It reveals the object’s approximate ...

An asteroid, estimated to be about 130 to 300 feet wide, has a chance of crashing into Earth in less ... Observatory in New Mexico, the Danish Telescope and the Very Large Telescope in Chile.

A terrifying new animation has revealed the projected path of the 'city-destroying' asteroid heading towards ... Earth, but I highly doubt it would cause any major threat.' Unlike a large object ...

"that we don't know where most of the asteroids are that are large enough to cause regional devastation." Astronomers estimate that there are roughly 25,000 of these "near-Earth objects" that are ...

Kosmos-482, which was headed to Venus, is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere by the end of this weekend. Experts don’t ...

NASA has issued a warning of a stadium-sized asteroid heading straight towards ... Earth object, either an asteroid or a comet, whose orbit could bring it very close to Earth and which is large ...