Earth's temporary asteroid friend last year was a chunk of its real moon that had been blasted into space thousands of years ...

The asteroid is about 33 feet (10 meters) across and poses no danger to Earth. It joins another known lunar asteroid ...

What if we could stop an asteroid in its tracks? NASA’s DART mission aims to prove we can! Learn how this ambitious project could change the future of planetary defense forever.  ...

In the United States, funding for planetary defense has long had strong bipartisan support both inside and outside of ...

Surpassing expectations, NASA's OSIRIS-APEX endured a near-Sun passage, outperforming its heat tolerances and remaining ...

Scientists think a small rock discovered near Earth last August was hurled into space by an ancient impact on the lunar surface.

Emily Simpson, a passionate space enthusiast and recent Florida Tech graduate, has published groundbreaking research that imagines an alternate version of our solar system. Instead of the asteroid ...

The sun’s light exerts a tiny force called “solar radiation pressure” on objects in space. Lightweight human-made debris, ...

NASA's documentary, “Planetary Defenders,” will take audiences inside the high-stakes world of asteroid hunting and planetary defense.

The case of mistaken identity was quickly resolved, but astronomers say it shows the need for transparency around craft in ...

It is thus only fitting for a goddess to be named for none other than the door hinge: Cardea. And now, thanks to Clay ...

A near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new ...