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

The 55-feet-wide space rock is hurtling through space at a zippy 17,717 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

Scientists have calculated the odds of a catastrophic asteroid impact compared to other causes of death—to surprising results ...

The Lucy spacecraft is already well on its way to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids. But that doesn't mean that it can't make some ...

A Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) review of data collected from near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu supports the ...

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

Watch Asteroid 2024 JN16 making a close approach to Earth. Credit: Space.com | animation/data: ESA | edited by Steve Spaleta ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, which once appeared to be on a collision course with Earth, may hit the moon, which could create some problems for our planet.

On its way to Didymos and Dimorphos, Hera has found time to test its cameras in preparation for the big moment.

The bad news is that death by asteroid impact is more likely to happen to you than death by rabies. The worse news is that ...

In the new study, researchers set out to calculate just how likely it is that an asteroid could hit Earth during the average ...

The task helps them survey the vast landscapes of the universe — from the Earth to the moon — in a space known as the Heat ...