Scientists in China say a nuclear explosion could be the most effective way to stop a large asteroid—and they may have ...

Scientists have identified the Bennu asteroid threat as the highest single-date impact probability for any known asteroid.

While no imminent asteroid threats have been found for Earth, Chinese scientists discussed two ways to deflect a space rock ...

Unlike NASA's approach of launching two separate spacecraft, China reportedly plans to send its observer and impactor ...

NASA knocked an asteroid off course in 2022 in a pioneering test of humanity's ability to defend Earth. Its spacecraft's ...

In news that is almost straight out of Don’t Look Up but far less horrifying, an astronomer in Poland detected an asteroid on March 11. The small asteroid, only about a meter in diameter, impacted the ...

Asteroid 2022 RD2 is a near-Earth object that could become a temporary moon, then later a potential crash risk for the planet later this century. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech illustration Scientists ...

Bennu, Apophis, and thousands of near-Earth objects are under constant surveillance by space agencies around the world.