Debris released from the asteroid Dimorphos during NASA's DART mission has a higher momentum and less random distribution ...

Scientists are looking to the skies today as a huge asteroid is set to skim past Earth at more than 20,000mph as NASA track ...

In our solar system, thousands of asteroids orbit dangerously close to Earth, known as Near-Earth Objects (NEOs). Among them, one asteroid has sparked significant concern: Apophis. This massive ...

"The impact could pose some danger to equipment or astronauts on the moon, and certainly to satellites and other Earth-orbiting platforms, which are above our atmosphere." ...

In 2022, NASA rammed a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if it could alter its orbital period around its parent asteroid.

NASA's DART spacecraft attempted to deflect an asteroid about the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza. New work tracking the ...

YR4 won’t hit Earth, but a 4% chance remains for a lunar impact. ESA's upcoming NEOMIR telescope could revolutionize early ...

Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the ...

When scientists spot an asteroid whose trajectory might take it close to Earth, they monitor it frequently and calculate the probability that it might collide with our planet.

I was preparing for my early morning class back in January 2025 when I received a notice regarding an asteroid called 2024 YR4. It said the probability it could hit Earth was unusually high.