Chinese scientists push for cubesat swarm mission to fly by infamous asteroid Apophis China could launch a mission involving ...

While about 20,000 previously unknown asteroids are discovered every year by telescopes around the world and spacecraft in ...

These tiny creatures were living in close proximity to the impact site, around the Gulf of Mexico, and despite the ...

Not everything dies in a mass extinction. Sea life recovered in different and surprising ways after the asteroid strike 66 ...

The investigators at Debunked evaluate NASA’s DART mission and our chances of deflecting an asteroid. Attorney General James Uthmeier and law enforcement officials announce the results of Operation ...

Read What are asteroids?Asteroids are rocky objects that orbit the Sun just like planets do. In fact, sometimes asteroids are ...

YR₄ is no longer a direct threat to us, but it could still hit the moon. Researchers have determined what this would mean for ...

Back in 2018, scientists from the University of Alaska Fairbanks using ice-penetrating radar discovered a 31-kilometre impact ...

A space rock the color of coal and no larger than a pebble you’d shake from a shoe just arrived at the Field Museum, where ...

Remember that “city-killer” asteroid that was expected to land in Pakistan by 2032? Well, there's good news that it won't hit Pakistan, but the bad news is that it will now likely hit the Moon. The ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has small chance of striking the Earth on Wednesday, Dec. 22, ... That would basically cover all of New York City and into parts of the nearby suburbs on Long Island, ...