A case in point: a European Space Agency satellite, known as ERS-2, launched in 1995 and inactive since 2011, tumbled through ...

The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet at a zippy 28,655 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...

NASA is about to begin a massive hunt for hidden asteroids, and may uncover city-destroying space rocks we’ve missed.

As an asteroid mining start-up's latest mission goes awry, Josh Sims looks at how close we really are to extracting rare ...

The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet, ...

NASA’s NEO Surveyor, a spacecraft specifically designed to detect asteroids that could threaten Earth, is on track for a 2027 ...

Despite losing both of its spacecraft, the startup is preparing for its $55 million Mission 3, which will launch next year.

Sue Nelson explores how asteroids can inform our understanding of the Earth's past – or threaten our future. Each year, according to Nasa, a chunk of rock the size of a car hurtles through space ...

More than 38,000 asteroids are known to be in Earth's vicinity, including 973 "planet killers" of more than half a mile in diameter. Most pose no risk. But NASA estimates that only about 43% of ...

A NewsNation exclusive reveals NASA’s high-tech plan to save Earth if an asteroid ever comes barreling toward the planet. The ...

Nubeo’s limited edition Atari Asteroids watch respects the manic nature of high-stakes arcade gaming.