On July 28, 2025—an asteroid roughly 230 feet across (think the size of a large airplane) named 2025 OW will zip past Earth ...

As scientists wait for the asteroid to reappear, its revised trajectory is now drawing attention to another possible target: ...

Earth has been cleared of an impact with the recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4, but there are still risks to the planet ...

Aliens are visiting our solar system. Not little green men, sadly, but natural alien objects—cosmic bodies such as comets and ...

Scientists have discovered that Earth could have at least six minimoons that we never knew existed. A minimoon is a small ...

Heliostats that harness sunlight by day could help detect asteroids by night, offering the U.S. a scalable planetary defense ...

Sandia scientist John Sandusky believes he has found a way to put heliostats, which typically turn solar energy into ...

When high-velocity asteroids land on Earth, they can form a meteor impact crater. Such collisions have occurred throughout ...

Strange New Worlds continues its strong third season with said season's third episode. With Captain Batel set to take command ...

NASA scientists have set out the truth about a 220-foot asteroid hurtling 'near' Earth early next week. Naturally, talk of ...