Beijing is recruiting for its "planetary defense" unit, which could be used to protect Earth from a potential asteroid impact in 2032.

Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks as the world's telescopes ...

Candidates under 35 with master’s degrees in astrophysics, aerospace science, or earth and space exploration technology are ...

If a medium-sized asteroid were to strike again, modern technology and global cooperation could play a key role in minimizing its effects ... to mitigate potential risks. From planetary defense ...

REx mission has an historic opportunity to closely observe the asteroid Apophis and improve our ability to defend against ...

YR4 has a roughly 2 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and “is large enough to cause localized damage,” NASA says.

YR4 has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and China is preparing to deter it by mirroring a U.S. space test.

In that spirit, the ESA recently announced its support of the United Nation's designation of 2029 as "the International Year of Asteroid Awareness and Planetary Defense." The designation ...

The spacecraft will investigate the deflection of asteroids as part of a planetary defense mission called Hera. NASA is additionally working on an asteroid-hunting telescope known as the NEO ...

An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - The chance of Asteroid 2024 YR4 ... significant enough to warrant the attention of the global planetary defense community," said the European Space Agency.