Nuclear devices generate massive amounts of X-rays. A new experiment suggests that might be enough to divert a killer ...

A school-bus-sized asteroid is expected to spend about two months orbiting Earth as a "mini moon" as it gets temporarily ...

Earth has a new “mini- moon ” after an asteroid has joined our orbit. The object, known as 2024 PT5, has been chasing after ...

There's a new moon on the horizon. The Earth will gain a second, mini-moon on Sept. 29, but it won't stick around too long.

A laboratory experiment conducted by an international team of researchers has confirmed that the X-rays emitted by a suitably ...

The European Space Agency is about to launch a spacecraft on an important research mission designed to bolster planetary ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is currently tracking three asteroids scheduled to pass Earth on 25 025.

The experiment recorded in nanosecond detail how a very large pulse of radiation from a nuclear blast could essentially ...

A blast of X-rays from a nuclear explosion should be enough to save Earth from an incoming asteroid, according to the results ...

When asteroid samples dropped to the Utah desert in 2023, it was go time for NASA's dedicated curation team.

The internet has been buzzing about a so-called "mini-moon." Here's what we know about 2024 PT5 and if it will be visible.

Exploding a nuclear bomb above a huge asteroid could vaporize its surface using X-rays, pushing the space rock away from ...