Deflecting asteroids by running spaceships into them may sound like science fiction, but it's quite real. And it's quite a ...

According to NASA, "Asteroid 2024 YR4 is now too far away to observe with either space or ground-based telescopes. The space ...

In September 2022, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test successfully demonstrated how a fast-moving spacecraft could change an asteroid’s trajectory by crashing into it, potentially providing a way ...

(NEXSTAR) — A day after a small asteroid impacted Earth on Tuesday, another, slightly larger asteroid is set to come into view — this one, however, is just passing by. Early Tuesday morning, NASA’s ...

Those who have driven a car are surely familiar with the idea of blind spots — the areas around you where you can’t easily see, and thus, are uniquely vulnerable to threats. That principle applies to ...

The little space rock, called 2025 TF, safely passed within roughly 250 miles (400 km) of our planet on Tuesday (Sept. 30) at ...

A live feed provided by the Gianluca Masi-Virtual Telescope Project will be added to this story at approximately 1:30 p.m. ET. (NEXSTAR) — A day after a small asteroid impacted Earth on Tuesday, ...

Editor’s Note: The livestream event meant to show Asteroid 2020 XR making its pass by Earth has been canceled due to weather. (NEXSTAR) — A day after a small asteroid impacted Earth on Tuesday, ...