New data about the DART spacecraft’s effects adds evidence that Earth could be defended from future deadly asteroids by diverting their orbits.

Could humanity nuke an incoming asteroid to deflect it and save the Earth, disaster-movie style? A unique new impact simulation suggests that a nuclear option could be a viable last resort to avert an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An asteroid that scientists initially feared might pose a risk to Earth may could instead strike the moon in 2032, according to ...

The 1998 sci-fi classic Armageddon might not have a reputation as a scientifically accurate film. But scientists now say the Hollywood blockbuster got one thing right – we really could nuke an ...

New Webb Telescope data confirms that asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no threat to Earth during its 2032 flyby. As for the Moon, not so much. Reading time 3 minutes An asteroid is headed toward a close ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

The China National Space Administration plans to launch the asteroid sample-return mission TianWen-2 with the target being the near-Earth asteroid 2016 HO3. The TianWen-2 spacecraft mainly focuses on ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is tracking a near-Earth asteroid roughly the size of an airplane. The asteroid named 2025 XQ3 is set to make a safe closest approach to our planet on December 19, ...

In a research article recently published in Space: Science & Technology, researchers from Chinese Academy of Sciences investigated the distribution of scattered waves and signal power alterations ...