From high-speed battering rams to gravity tractors, the technology exists to protect the planet. The question is whether ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - NASA projects that an asteroid has reached the highest chance of hitting earth, ever. “That percentage of a 3.1 percent chance was the highest out of any object that they have ...

Scientists caution that asteroid deflection must be precise, as striking the wrong spot risks sending it through a gravitational keyhole that sets up a future collision with Earth. Using lessons from ...

The main goal of a newly announced private space telescope may be protecting Earth, but the instrument could also help out prospective asteroid miners, its builders say. The nonprofit B612 ...

An asteroid named 2026JH2 will swing by Earth on Monday, passing four times closer than our distance to the moon.

The asteroid was discovered on May 10 by astronomers with the Mount Lemmon Survey, an astronomical project based in Arizona’s ...

A new asteroid has been spotted and its going to fly by Earth on Monday, May 18.

JH2 was discovered only days before its encounter, on May 10, by astronomers at the Mount Lemmon Survey in Arizona ...

When the universe gives you asteroid lemons, you should make science lemonade. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The asteroid 2024 ...

Thirteen-year-old Siddharth Patel, a Grade 7 student at London's Clara Brenton Public School, won the Platinum Prize in Discovery in the junior category for his project, "Automating Asteroid ...

The livestream will begin at 3:45 p.m. EDT on May 18, bringing near real time views of the asteroid from robotic telescopes ...