An animation of an asteroid's close approach to Earth has garnered considerable interest in recent times, largely due to its ...

The Earth often gets a few visitors in the solar system, but some stick around for a while. Here's what to know about the ...

Most asteroid flybys pass millions of kilometers away from Earth, too distant to notice. But one upcoming encounter will be unlike anything seen before.

UN launches a global planetary-defence campaign as interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS speeds past Earth, sparking both scientific ...

NASA's OSIRIS-APEX mission, which was one of 19 designated to be canceled by the Trump administration, has been saved from ...

An enormous asteroid is approaching Earth at 24,136 miles per hour—and will be at its closest to us in two days' time. The ...

PHILADELPHIA -- An asteroid named for the Egyptian god of chaos and darkness won't be wreaking any havoc on Earth -- at least not this century. That's the good news from NASA's Center for Near-Earth ...

NASA could soon trial a new defence strategy to prevent a giant asteroid hurtling towards the Moon and posing a huge risk to astronauts. It comes after NASA intentionally used a spacecraft to bump ...