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There are currently no known asteroids on an impact course with the planet. Still, scientists are keeping a watchful eye on ...
In the almost three years since NASA proved that it could successfully deflect an asteroid, we’ve learned a lot about these ...
When NASA's DART mission crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos, the first stage of the impact saw the spacecraft's solar panels ...
When NASA's DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid moon Dimorphos in September 2022, it didn't just change the asteroid's ...
NASA is closely monitoring asteroid 2005 VO5, a giant, stadium-sized object set to whizz past Earth at high speed on July 11.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...
A stadium-sized asteroid, 2005 VO5, is set to approach Earth tomorrow morning. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory confirms its ...
A small shift in trajectory has raised the risk of a lunar impact — but the scariest part is, we can't track it anymore.
World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth ...
“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this ...
NASA slammed a spaceship into an asteroid about the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza in an attempt to alter its course. The ...
Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...