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

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

China plans to launch a similar mission in 2027, targeting asteroid 2015 XF261. The new planetary defense recruits will likely play a key role in these efforts. At the center of the concern is ...

A dive into probabilities, asteroid impact modeling, and what sort of damage an approximately 180-foot asteroid could cause on Earth.

Let the process play out, and we’ll have a for ... agency's Dart spacecraft deliberately rammed a harmless asteroid in 2022 in the first planetary defense test of its kind, altering its orbit ...