NASA’s NEO Surveyor has passed its critical design review, clearing the way for construction and testing. This infrared telescope will be the first space mission dedicated to detecting hazardous ...
While NASA tracks asteroid 2024 YR4, the 'God of Chaos' space rock known as Apophis could hit Earth years sooner ...
China is assembling a 'planetary defense force' amid fears that an asteroid could strike Earth early next decade. According to The Guardian, China’s State Administration of Science, Technology and ...
In light of the threat of an asteroid collision in 2032, China has launched a recruitment campaign for a "planetary defense force." The State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for ...
China is preparing for its first asteroid-redirection test in 2027, targeting the smaller asteroid 2015 XF261. The mission is inspired by NASA’s 2020 Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), which ...
REx mission has an historic opportunity to closely observe the asteroid Apophis and improve our ability to defend against ...
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has declared a 1.6% chance that a large asteroid would strike the Earth when on Dec. 22, ...
NASA officials have discovered a new asteroid that has a small chance of hitting Earth in December 2032. The near-Earth asteroid has been named 2024 YR4.
NASA says an asteroid measuring up to 300 feet across could crash into Earth in 2032. While the agency says the chances of collision with our planet are extremely low, the impact probability has ...
The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.