Remember the asteroid that might hit Earth in 2032? 🌎☄️ Good news: It's probably not going to hit Earth anymore. Bad news: ...

In 2010, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) made history when its Hayabusa probe became the first spacecraft to ...

Astronomers have discovered that asteroid 1998 KY26, the target of Japan’s Hayabusa2 extended mission, is far smaller and faster-spinning than previously thought. Astronomers have conducted a new ...

JAXA's Hayabusa 2 mission to asteroid 1998 KY26 might have unexpected challenges following new data on the rock's size, spin, ...

On Sept. 26, 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test craft smashed into its target, the hazardous asteroid Dimorphos, ...

With help from amateur astronomers, scientists tracked how an asteroid traveled from space, broke up in Earth's atmosphere ...

NASA is tracking a bus-sized asteroid that will make a close approach to Earth today, confirming there is no threat to the planet.

Anyone who's seen Armageddon is familiar with the concept of using a nuclear weapon on an asteroid that has the potential to trigger a catastrophic event.

An asteroid known as 2024 YR4 could be just a few years away from colliding with the moon, and such an impact could have serious consequences.

To boost detection of potentially dangerous meteors, the Space Dynamics Laboratory at Utah State University is now sharing its open-source bolide detection software, dubbed ...

A UCLA astronomer who leads planetary defense missions for NASA says avoiding asteroid impacts is “a problem we can ...

Chief designer of China's lunar exploration program Wu Weiren said during the conference that under the framework of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), Chinese ...