During a House Committee on Space, Science and Technology hearing, experts discussed the state of NASA's planetary defense ...

There’s a lot to see in the night sky -- the familiar Moon, stars and planets. But there’s the unexpected, too -- something ...

While these objects have some similarities, there are crucial differences that can help us work out what just passed over our ...

When we think about asteroids that could threaten Earth, we often imagine massive, city-sized rocks hurtling through space. But what if the real danger comes from much smaller, barely detectable ones?

NASA warns of a massive 330-foot asteroid, 2025 DT50, approaching close to Earth today, May 14. , Science News - Times Now ...

In 2022, NASA scientists successfully nudged an asteroid off its course, shortening its orbit by 32 minutes as part of the ...

In December, astronomers identified that the asteroid YR4 had a small but not insignificant chance of striking Earth in 2032, ...

There’s a lot to see in the night sky — the familiar Moon, stars and planets. But there’s the unexpected, too — something ...

Like meteors, space junk travels at vast speeds as it travels through the atmosphere and it begins burning up spectacularly.

The work that we’re doing is really important because warning time is everything,” says Danica Remy of the B612 Foundation in ...