"The impact could pose some danger to equipment or astronauts on the moon, and certainly to satellites and other Earth-orbiting platforms, which are above our atmosphere." ...

Learn about two major asteroid impacts from 3.5 million years ago that may not have had lasting environmental effects.

NASA celebrated its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) as a massive success, a proof of concept for saving humanity in ...

In 2022, NASA rammed a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if it could alter its orbital period around its parent asteroid.

YR4 holds a 4 per cent chance of hitting the Moon. Discovered after it had already passed Earth, the asteroid's trajectory highlights the limitations of current Earth-based detection systems.

In the almost three years since NASA proved that it could successfully deflect an asteroid, we’ve learned a lot about these ...

Predicting the precise path of a new asteroid or comet is a complex affair; the more observations you have, the better you ...

NASA has confirmed that the 200-foot-wide asteroid, 2019 NW5, is nearing Earth today. Travelling at a speed of 36,900 mph, it's considered a close approach by astronomers.

When NASA's DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid moon Dimorphos in September 2022, it didn't just change the asteroid's ...

Paul Wiegert, a Western physics and astronomy professor, shares insights on asteroid 2024 YR4 and the likelihood it will hit Earth or the Moon.

Scientists Believe an Asteroid Might Crash Into the Moon in 2032, a Once-in-5,000-Year Event A recently discovered asteroid ...

From asteroids the size of football stadiums to nuclear war and man-made pandemics, it can seem as if humankind is in ...