If an asteroid was ever threatening Earth, the best way to stop it might be with a nuclear explosion, according to a new ...

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...

NASA has confirmed that the 1,200-foot Apophis asteroid — one of the largest near-Earth objects ever tracked — will pass ...

A Japanese space probe performed a flyby of a near-Earth asteroid on Sunday in a test mission for technology that could help ...

Rare images taken by a Japanese space probe during a flyby of a near-Earth asteroid have revealed that the space rock ...

A NASA satellite just woke up from hibernation in deep space. Here is what it can tell us - The probe is six billion miles ...

A Chinese probe is set for a historic touchdown on asteroid Kamoʻoalewa, which may have been blasted away from Earth’s Moon ...

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

NASA’s exploration roadmap extends far beyond the International Space Station. Over the next several ...

A flyby conducted by the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 uncovered the asteroid's strange shape. Data gathered by the probe ...

NEW YORK — A large asteroid will zip past Earth this weekend, but don’t worry: It poses no danger. The space rock — 1997 NC1 ...

Our solar system is a celestial shooting gallery, chock-full of flying projectiles that one day could threaten Earth—so what ...