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 ...

"With these probability maps, we can push asteroids away while preventing them from returning on an impact trajectory, ...

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 ...

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 ...

(CNN) — A NASA spacecraft that will deliberately crash into an asteroid is preparing to launch this week. The DART mission, or the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, will lift off at 10:20 p.m. PT ...

These so-called Venus co-orbital asteroids are currently undetected because of their alignment in the sky but could one day ...

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 ...

Gamma-ray bursts are not only incredible to study, but their discovery has an epic story all its own. Today Phil takes you through some Cold War history and then dives into what we know. Bursts come ...

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 ...