Could we deflect an asteroid to stop it from hitting our planet?

The threat of a civilization-ending asteroid hitting the Earth is well-known — as a plethora of Hollywood movies on the subject has demonstrated. But there is a less-known threa ...

The asteroid that exploded over Chelyabinsk injured around 1,500 people, damaged thousands of buildings, and exposed an ...

Scientists estimate there are thousands of asteroids large enough to destroy a city near Earth. NASA is sending a telescope ...

Maini, of the UN’s Office for Outer Space Affairs, is primed and ready should a planetary strike occur – and just over 12 months ago, she thought it might ...

Life on Earth may have origins from far, far away. Scientists have found a full set of life-building molecules in a nearly pristine asteroid sample, and the discovery suggests that the necessary ...

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. In June 2019, a Japanese ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has spotted the fastest-rotating large asteroid ever seen. Despite measuring more than half a kilometre across, this asteroid spins about once every 1.9 minutes ...

It may sound fanciful, but a Los Angeles-based company says it has conceived of a plan to fly out to a smallish, near-Earth asteroid, throw a large bag around it, and bring the body back to a “safe” ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A meteor lit up the sky over northeastern Ohio on Tuesday, creating a stunning spectacle captured by dashboard and home doorbell cameras. So, how rare is it to see a meteor, and ...

China’s proposed planetary defense mission would test the same kinetic impactor technique demonstrated by NASA’s DART mission. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/Jon Emmerich STOCKHOLM, Sweden — China has identified ...

Even 200 years after asteroid 16 Psyche was discovered, astronomers continue to puzzle over its formation. Psyche is the 10th-most massive asteroid in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter, and the ...