A paper from several NASA scientists and other researchers explores whether an asteroid with a 4% chance of hitting the moon ...

A team of researchers has put forth the idea of launching nuclear devices at asteroid 2024 YR4 with a chance of hitting the ...

Lying between Mars and Jupiter is a massive ring of rock debris—the asteroid belt. Now thin, it’s fading away gradually.

The DART mission achieved its goal of changing one asteroid’s orbit around another, but questions remain about why the orbit ...

A group of scientists recently published a paper that considers options for dealing with the asteroid — one of which includes ...

A newly discovered asteroid, designated 2025 TP5, is scheduled to make a remarkably close flyby of Earth on October 15, 2025. This celestial event is particularly intriguing as the asteroid will pass ...

Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar System ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has a 4% chance of smashing into the Moon in about seven years. Astronomers are already working ...

This possibility also raises concerns about Earth’s safety. Although it is unlikely that the ejected debris would reach our planet—considering the Moon’s gravity and the vast distances involved—any ...

NASA’s asteroid impact changed Dimorphos’s orbit, but another strange shift followed. Scientists are still searching for ...

The European space agency (ESA) signed a deal worth 129 million euros ($154 million) on Tuesday to make a spacecraft for a joint project with NASA looking at how to deflect an asteroid heading for ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a chance of hitting the moon. To save it from collision, scientists are considering launching a nuclear ...