The risk of an asteroid hitting Earth has doubled in a week but there are no plans yet to build a spacecraft to deflect the ...

Summer-a time when the urge to explore places familiar and new beckons to young and old alike. Although the sun sets late during the summer months, we inevitably find ourselves outside looking at ...

Astronomers track asteroid 2024 YR4, with a 1.9% chance of impacting Earth in 2032, but NASA said there's nothing to be worried about.

While Asteroid 2024 YRA has a minute chance of hitting Earth in seven years, the co-lead of NASA's DART mission says a small spacecraft could deflect the space rock's course.

The asteroid warning network is affiliated with the United Nations. Officials activate the IAWN when an asteroid bigger than ...

NASA is tracking a truck-sized asteroid which is set to hurtle by Earth today at many times the velocity of a speeding bullet ...

New insights into the extreme conditions behind "disintegrating planets" reveals how they are consumed by the heat of their ...

Sending a spacecraft to a near-Earth asteroid, gathering dust and rock from its surface, and returning the rare cache to our ...

As more spacecraft are launched, the risk increases that uncontrolled space debris - those without active guidance - will ...

The Blue Ghost lunar lander has captured its first images of the moon from Earth’s orbit as well as a video of Earth ...

Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Catch your last views of Saturn as early in the month, the Moon passes in front of ...

Though the planets are always “aligned,” seeing more than four in the sky is more uncommon. February’s lineup is a chance to ...