Scientists have calculated the odds of a catastrophic asteroid impact compared to other causes of death—to surprising results ...

To keep solar power stations from getting lazy, Sandia National Laboratories scientist John Sandusky is looking to give heliostat mirrors a side hustle. At the National Solar Thermal Test Facility ...

More information: John Sandusky et al, Prospect for cislunar spacecraft and near-earth asteroid detection using heliostat fields at night, Unconventional Imaging, Sensing, and Adaptive Optics 2024 ...

Most people are aware that an asteroid wiped out much of life on Earth around 65 million years ago, and this knowledge ...

While the aim wasn’t to detect an asteroid just yet, the test confirmed that the heliostat could track stars effectively. “We did not set out to find asteroids.

Most of Thursday's conversation surrounded the agency's highly anticipated Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission, which should greatly improve hazardous asteroid detection capabilities as a whole.

If you've always dreamed of saving the planet from an asteroid, now is your chance. NASA kicks off a program on March 17 where "citizen scientists" will have the chance to come up with algorithms ...

On July 30, 2025,asteroid 2025 OL1—measuring roughly the size of a small aircraft—will pass Earth at a distance of 1.29 million kilometers.This event, closely tracked by NASA and international space ...

Earth is no longer at risk of a direct collision with the asteroid 2024 YR4, but an impact on the moon in 2032 could send debris hurtling towards our planet that could take out orbiting satellites ...