Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.
New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...
This is not a drill. There is a chance - albeit a small one - that an asteroid could hit planet Earth within the next decade.
The NASA spacecraft OSIRIS-APEX hovers over the surface of the near-Earth asteroid Apophis, using its thrusters to disturb the asteroid's surface to reveal what lies beneath, as shown in an ...
Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision.
New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons on the lunar far side. U.S. and British scientists used photos and data ...
During that time, the mission will observe how the surface of the asteroid changes from being in such close proximity to Earth, the agency said in July. DART and Hera: Missions to test ...