Space agencies maintain that global cooperation and sustained investment are vital to planetary defence. While the DART ...

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...

The MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) monitored asteroid Dimorphos post-NASA DART impact. See the evolution of the debris cloud created by the smash-up over the course of a month; ...

Scientists discussed the threat of asteroids at a recent conference in Phoenix. Here's what they said.

For nearly a quarter-century, the nonprofit B612 Foundation has helped scientists track dangerous asteroids and educated the ...

A top astronomer responsible for defending the Earth against asteroids has revealed what keeps her up at night — thousands of “city killer” space rocks that remain undetected. Dr Kelly Fast, NASA’s ...

NASA has since downgraded that possibility to zero percent, but the asteroid continues to be tracked by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope this week as there's a 4 percent chance it could collide with ...

NASA Chiefs have recently warned against several potentially destructive “city-killer” asteroids that could tear past our ...

NASA officials warn thousands of undetected “city killer” asteroids may be circling near Earth. With limited deflection tools ready, are we prepared if one suddenly shifts onto a collision course?

Hubble reveals our young galaxy's riotous behavior, Einstein shows how to play ring around the galaxy and nations join forces to nudge an asteroid off course in our selection of the week's best ...