An asteroid is headed towards Earth. It's not going to hit us, but it is going to hang out for a couple of months. A recently ...

The mirrors for NASA's Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope are being installed and aligned, and work on other ...

The asteroid 2006 RH120 orbited Earth for a full year, from July 2006 to July 2007. In 2020, a mini-moon was discovered, ...

Astronomer Paul Wiegert had found a scenario in which Apophis could be sent careening into Earth in 2029. But we’d have to be extremely unlucky.

NASA's NEO Surveyor, an infrared space telescope, is under construction at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, aimed at detecting ...

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This fall is what Nasa is calling Asteroid Autumn, with three asteroid missions marking major milestones. The Osiris-Rex touchdown will be followed by the launch of another asteroid hunter on Oct. 5.

Elon Musk has issued a warning for the public after a giant asteroid made a close approach to our planet. Reacting to ...

Apophis, a large asteroid measuring 340-450 meters, will pass within 37,000 kilometers of Earth in April 2029. Though visible ...

Rather than building an obsolescent, obscenely-over-budget jumbo rocket, NASA should turn to building truly innovative space ...

An asteroid is on its way to Earth, but don’t worry, it won’t collide with us. This asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will enter ...