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

A space rock the size of a big stadium will pass closer to Earth than some of our own satellites on the evening of April 13, ...

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 ...

Recent estimates presented by planetary defence experts suggest that more than 15,000 of the roughly 25,000 asteroids capable ...

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

It’s the stuff of movies: an asteroid is on a collision course with Earth, and we have to do something to stop it—or die. Disturbingly this scenario is also the stuff of the actual universe.

Scientists studying Bennu samples have discovered that its chemistry is far from uniform. Organic compounds and minerals cluster into three distinct types of regions, each shaped differently by past ...

A view of eight sample trays containing the final material from asteroid Bennu. The dust and rocks were poured into the trays from the top plate of the Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism ...

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 ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has become one of the clearest demonstrations yet that a feared impact can disappear under better evidence. Its newly secured path lifts the last collision threat from 2032 and turns ...

Odin was dying in the dark. The angular 265-pound spacecraft with solar panel wings, giving it the appearance of a cyberpunk angel, was launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on February 26, 2025. It ...