The deliberate 14,000-mph crash of a small NASA probe into the asteroid Dimorphos two weeks ago nudged the 525-foot-wide body onto a slightly different course, NASA confirmed Tuesday — shaving 32 ...

A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still has a chance of smashing into the moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4, first detected in ...

NASA is launching a small probe Wednesday that will crash head-on into a small asteroid next fall at some 15,000 mph to test the feasibility of one day nudging a threatening body off course just ...

Large asteroids are considered a potential threat to the Earth. That's why scientists closely monitor them and record every change in their motion or other parameters. Currently, 5 such asteroids ...

NASA is preparing to launch a spacecraft that will purposely crash into an asteroid’s moon, part of the space agency’s goal of developing technology that could one day prevent a hazardous asteroid ...

A new study using simulations suggests the impact in 2022 transformed the space rock into an M&M-like flat-top oval. By Robin George Andrews In 2022, when NASA’s $325 million spacecraft crashed into ...

The comet, called 3I/ATLAS, is the third known interstellar object that has come through our solar system. As it flies deeper ...

At least three city-killer asteroids could strike Earth within the coming weeks, according to a study published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics last week. “Twenty co-orbital asteroids (space ...

Dozens of boulders dislodged by NASA's asteroid-smashing DART test could hit Mars in the future, new research suggests. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...