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.

An X-ray pulse generated by a nuclear device could vaporise the surface of an asteroid and deflect it from a trajectory ...

It may sound like something out of an epic space movie, but earth is going to get a second moon for a short time.

The mini-moon, named "2024 PT5", was discovered back in August and will be temporarily captured by Earth's gravitational pull ...

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

BJ's closest approach to Earth will be about 220,000 miles (354,000 kilometers) way. The space rock is ~68 feet (21 meters) ...

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

Austinites will be able to hail a driverless rideshare courtesy a partnership between Uber and autonomous vehicle company Waymo — but some residents will get early access to the driverless technology ...

The mini-moon is technically an asteroid and will be sucked into Earth's orbit for a short time before being flung back out ...

Earth is about to flirt with a new natural satellite, gaining a second ‘mini moon’ for 57 days. Our relationship with THE ...

To assess whether this technique could actually deflect an asteroid heading toward Earth, the team fed their experimental ...