In October 2017, astronomers detected a mysterious object speeding through our Solar System,unlike anything observed before.

When high-velocity asteroids land on Earth, they can form a meteor impact crater. Such collisions have occurred throughout Earth's history and still occur on other planetary bodies today.

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...

An asteroid named 2025 ME92 is set to fly past Earth on July 31. It will maintain a safe distance of 3.19 million kilometers. NASA and ISRO are monito ...

Over 80 researchers from more than a dozen institutions recently worked together to study such an "artificial meteor" -- NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule -- as it reentered Earth's atmosphere.

Remember, the asteroid is somewhere near the vertex of a large cone, and we don’t know where. If Earth is near the cone’s centerline, then as the cone narrows with better observations, we’re ...

Sampling an asteroid NASA launched the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx , mission on Sept. 8, 2016.

Asteroid 4 Vesta stands near a background star in the evening sky, creating a temporary artificial double star to enjoy.

Planet Earth is bidding farewell to a "mini moon," a harmless asteroid named 2024 PT5, which has been trailing Earth for two months and will leave on Monday, ... Fox News Artificial Intelligence.

Even an asteroid on the smaller end of that range could have a big impact, depending on where it hit the Earth, says Lindley Johnson, NASA's Planetary Defense Officer Emeritus.

The asteroid, discovered just after Christmas and named 2024 YR4, could strike the planet in December of 2032, according to NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies. South polar region of the ...