For a brief stretch on April 13, 2029, a giant space rock will slip closer to Earth than some of the satellites parked high ...

The Apophis asteroid, once feared to hit Earth, is less than three years from making an unprecedented approach toward Earth. Here's what to know.

Scientists have discovered a “record-breaking” asteroid that is nearly the size of eight football fields. The object, known as “2025 MN45,” is also remarkable for its speed, and is the ...

In April 2029, asteroid Apophis will pass Earth at a distance that sounds almost unreal on paper. About 20,000 miles away ...

It’s the first time that a celestial body’s orbit around the sun was deliberately changed. The asteroid that NASA’s Dart spacecraft slammed into was never a threat to Earth. “This study marks a ...

The space rock is expected to make its closest approach at around 848,000 miles from the Earth, according to NASA.

Way out there in the asteroid belt is an object that's spinning so fast, scientists are surprised it hasn't flown apart. Reading time 3 minutes Researchers have identified 19 super- and ...

In 2022, humanity deliberately smashed a spacecraft into an asteroid. At the time, the goal sounded almost cinematic: test whether we could push a dangerous space rock off course if Earth were ever in ...