THERE may be a flaw in Nasa’s only defence against Earth-shattering asteroids, according to new analysis. In 2022, the US ...

NASA's DART mission to deflect an asteroid resulted in the unexpected ejection of boulders. New research has crucial implications for future planetary defence missions.

The huge 85m-wide rock, dubbed 2025 MA90, will pass within 6 million km of Earth today, July 15, and will be closely ...

Astronomers at the University of Maryland found that a surprising burst of rocky debris released during the DART mission ...

Asteroid 2022 YS5, a building-sized space rock, will safely pass Earth on July 17, prompting NASA and ISRO to emphasize the ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has issued an alert, stating an asteroid named 2022 YS5, comparable ...

There are currently no known asteroids on an impact course with the planet. Still, scientists are keeping a watchful eye on ...

In 2022, NASA rammed a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if it could alter its orbital period around its parent asteroid.

Asteroid 2025 MA90, which belongs to the Aten group, will make its closest approach on 15 July. It is about 280 feet wide and ...

NASA confirms that the massive 120-foot asteroid, 2022 YS5, will safely pass Earth on July 17. Despite its size and proximity, it poses no threat to our planet.

When NASA's DART mission crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos, the first stage of the impact saw the spacecraft's solar panels strike and pulverize two large boulders on the target, debris from which ...

Scientists with NASA’s Lucy mission are finally wrapping up the process of refining the data gathered by the spacecraft’s ...