Astronomers can usually spot "planet killer" asteroids long before they approach Earth. But what if they can't?

For once, Earth isn’t the one in the crosshairs. NASA scientists have confirmed that a fast-moving asteroid first spotted by ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS, which made a close approach to the sun, has prompted lots of public interest. Kim Kardashian asked NASA's ...

Earth asteroid that had been hidden in the sun’s glare, marking a significant advancement in planetary defense. This ...

Astronomers have discovered asteroid 2025 SC79, a skyscraper-sized space rock orbiting the sun in just 128 days. the ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - An asteroid the size of a football stadium weaved between the moon and the Earth on Saturday. Scientists learned of 2024 MK, as the asteroid was named, two weeks before it came within ...

We may no longer have to fear unseen Empire State Building-sized space rocks passing within our orbit. Asteroid hunters have identified 27,500 overlooked near-Earth asteroids using cutting-edge tech ...

The OSIRIS-Rex mission to the asteroid Bennu successfully wrapped up a few months back when the spacecraft returned to near-Earth space and dropped off a package filled with tiny asteroid rocks. While ...

Tianwen 1 has spotted the solar system's latest interstellar intruder from Mars orbit. China's Tianwen 1 Mars orbiter has ...

A July flyby of a massive asteroid went undetected until two days after it passed, raising urgent questions about planetary ...

Perihelion for 3I/ATLAS takes place on Oct. 30, when the interstellar interloper will be 1.35 astronomical units (125 million ...

Asteroid mining is moving from fiction to fact, here’s how missions and startups are redefining resource extraction beyond ...