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 ...

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 ...

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

On an ordinary February afternoon, a sudden flash lit up the sky above northwestern France. To most who saw it, it seemed ...

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

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

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.

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

Billion of Asteroids: The "Living Fossils" of Solar System Formation and Evolution ...

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

The Hayabusa2 mission is facing a new challenge after observations showed the asteroid it is going to rendezvous with and touchdown on in 2031 is much smaller than previously thought; it's also ...