NASA’s DART mission proved that a spacecraft can nudge an asteroid system in space, offering a real test of planetary defense ...

Picture this. You're sitting at breakfast, scrolling the news, when suddenly headlines scream that a space rock the size of a football stadium is barreling toward Earth. Your coffee goes cold. Your ...

NASA warns that more than 15,000 asteroids capable of destroying cities remain undetected and that Earth has no defense against impact.

According to the space agency's tracking, the rock is hurtling through space at more than 21,500 miles per hour.

NASA officials warn thousands of undetected “city killer” asteroids may be circling near Earth. With limited deflection tools ready, are we prepared if one suddenly shifts onto a collision course?

When NASA’s DART spacecraft deliberately crashed into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos, it did more than change the asteroid’s local orbit — it slightly shifted the path of the entire asteroid pair ...

Humanity needs to step up its asteroid-hunting game. To date, astronomers have spotted more than 8,000 near-Earth asteroids that are at least 460 feet (140 meters) wide — big enough to wipe out an ...

A newly discovered asteroid, 2026 EG1, is set to make an exceptionally close pass by Earth on the night of March 12, 2026. Discovered only days ago, this asteroid will come within 197,466 miles of ...

NASA confirms that asteroid 2026 CC3, about the size of a bus, will make a close flyby of Earth on March 11, 2026, at a distance roughly four times that of the Moon’s orbit. Is this asteroid a "danger ...

Space agencies maintain that global cooperation and sustained investment are vital to planetary defence. While the DART ...

JWST imaged 2024 YR4 in late March, making it the smallest object the telescope had imaged to date. The data its instruments collected indicate that based on the amount of heat it gives off, 2024 YR4 ...

A 140-foot asteroid is set to sweep past Earth today, and it seems everyone is taking notice. Astronomers have been tracking the space rock, officiall.