Earth has been cleared of an impact with the recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4, but there are still risks to the planet ...

NASA currently leads the nation's planetary defense efforts, but some are calling for the Space Force to take control.

Asteroid 2024 YR4, which once appeared to be on a collision course with Earth, may hit the moon, which could create some ...

Astronomers think small space rocks from beyond our solar system routinely strike Earth—but proving it isn’t easy ...

NASA has confirmed that asteroid 2025 OU1 is approaching. It will pass Earth on Friday, 26 July. The rock is roughly 140 feet ...

Sandia scientist John Sandusky believes he has found a way to put heliostats, which typically turn solar energy into ...

When high-velocity asteroids land on Earth, they can form a meteor impact crater. Such collisions have occurred throughout ...

Space officials estimate the rock is about 220 feet across, making it larger than the Leaning Tower of Pisa at 185 feet. 2025 ...

Earth has not one but seven moons at any given point in time. Scientists say that when asteroids collide with the Moon, the ...

This year, the alert system for defending the planet against incoming space rocks was activated for the first time. It won’t be the last ...

Scientists have recently identified one of the most threatening asteroids ever discovered,99942 Apophis. Measuring about 370 ...

Markets started to take the idea that President Trump could sack Fed chair Jerome Powell seriously this week, pushing the dollar down and U.S. borrowing costs up. Chris Turner of ING told Reuters that ...