Most extinction-level asteroids are already tracked and accounted for. The real danger comes from smaller objects that remain undetected until it is too late. Some can arrive from directions we cannot ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

The asteroid Apophis will pass close to Earth in 2029 and will be visible without a telescope, revealing unique changes on ...

The asteroid Apophis, nicknamed the 'God of Chaos,' will be approaching Earth on 13 April 2029, with NASA suggesting it will ...

It’s the stuff of movies: an asteroid is on a collision course with Earth, and we have to do something to stop it—or die. Disturbingly this scenario is also the stuff of the actual universe.

Scientists estimate there are thousands of asteroids large enough to destroy a city near Earth. NASA is sending a telescope into space to find them.

The next 10 years are poised to be the most transformative decade yet in the space industry. A 2024 World Economic Forum ...

There is something undeniably primal about the act of looking up at the night sky. For generations, that simple, human ...

Bill Nye the Science Guy has criticized President Donald Trump’s proposal to cut funding for NASA, describing it as lazy and ...

A string of unexplained deaths and disappearances among elite US scientists tied to NASA, Los Alamos and other national ...

The world is not short on bad news. Gas prices remain stubbornly elevated. Congress has lurched from one standoff to the next ...

Science fiction films may provide thrills and cutting edge special effects, but they don't always bring the logic along with ...