NASA successfully altered an asteroid’s orbit using a kinetic impact test, marking a breakthrough in planetary defense. Upcoming missions from ESA, JAXA, and NASA aim to study asteroids, Mars’ moons, ...

A massive landslide would have dammed the Colorado River, forming a deep lake that has since dried up. A meteorite impact ...

The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest — but an independent analysis shows they might be off by ...

Astronomers at the University of Maryland found that a surprising burst of rocky debris released during the DART mission ...

EB5 impacted Earth was discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky using the 0.60-m Schmidt telescope at Konkoly Observatory in Hungary. Credit: Space.com | footage: Krisztián Sárneczky / orbit animation: NASA/ ...

An asteroid, 2025 MA90, roughly the size of a building, is set to safely fly by Earth, capturing global scientific attention.

Debris released from the asteroid Dimorphos during NASA's DART mission has a higher momentum and less random distribution than expected, which "changes the physics we need to consider when planning ...