Asteroid Bennu—the target of NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample return mission, led by the University of Arizona—is a mixture of ...

The 73-feet-wide space rock is currently hurtling through space at a zippy 18,678 miles per hour, according to the space ...

The 60-meter asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 4 percent chance of hitting the moon. Could such a lunar collision create a dangerous ...

NASA has confirmed asteroid 2023 PX will pass Earth soon. The rock is around 73 feet wide in size. It is moving at a high speed through space.

New data from the James Webb telescope suggests that Bennu and Ryugu — two asteroids recently visited by sample-return ...

Discover the fascinating world of planetary defense as we explore the odds and historical instances of meteorites impacting Earth. Learn about groundbreaking technologies like explosive sticks and ...

Though the days are fast ticking by, that success is far from assured. DART is the first-ever test of what NASA calls a ...

NASA has confirmed that asteroid 1997 QK1 will make its closest approach to Earth on August 20, 2025. The space rock is ...

NASA has confirmed that asteroid 1997 QK1, a massive rock roughly 990 feet wide, will make its closest approach to Earth on ...

NASA has a planetary defense project that identified possible threats in near our solar system that could cause another mass ...

The space rock will make its closest approach—at a cosmically slight 183,000 miles from our planet—later today, according to ...

An interstellar comet spotted by NASA is headed for our solar system, showing up near Earth later this year, but it's another ...