Earth just got a new tag-along in space — a little asteroid named 2025 PN7. NASA confirmed this week that the rock, ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Armageddon is not imminent. Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck and Billy Bob Thornton can stand down. There is no apocalyptic asteroid barreling toward a catastrophic collision with ...

(KTLA) – Although it won’t hit Earth, an asteroid once labeled a “city killer” is now back in the spotlight — this time, because it might hit the moon. Nexstar’s KTLA spoke with Davide Farnocchia, a ...

Scientists are exploring a bold new approach to protect Earth from dangerous asteroids: detonating nuclear devices to either deflect or break them apart. A recent study proposes that nuclear ...

Hera, a European spacecraft, is halfway to the Didymos asteroid system to study the impact of NASA’s DART mission.

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

Every so often, Jupiter's strong gravity sends an asteroid hurtling through the solar system, sometimes towards Earth. Last ...

On its way to Didymos and Dimorphos, Hera has found time to test its cameras in preparation for the big moment. The Hera mission to follow-up on the aftermath of NASA's DART asteroid crash has caught ...