"Can humanity enjoy the benefits of both asteroid and lunar mining without compromise, or do we have to choose one at the ...

“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this ...

In the almost three years since NASA proved that it could successfully deflect an asteroid, we’ve learned a lot about these ...

"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." ...

NASA issued a statement about a “city-killer” asteroid (2024 YR4) that they said had a 1.2% chance of slamming into Earth on ...

DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide (13 m).

Save the world and get fabulously wealthy doing so. Someone really should make a movie out of that scenario, before it ...

Predicting the precise path of a new asteroid or comet is a complex affair; the more observations you have, the better you ...

When NASA's DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid moon Dimorphos in September 2022, it didn't just change the asteroid's ...

Scientists found a rock in Africa that originally came from the Moon after being knocked off by an asteroid impact and ...

NASA says asteroid 2025 MV89 will fly safely past Earth on July 4, 2025. It is the size of a large airplane and is not ...

Occasionally, asteroids get caught in Earth’s orbit, temporarily becoming mini moons before continuing their cosmic paths.