Scientists are considering possible deflection scenarios, including detonating a nuclear bomb near the asteroid.

In the 1960s, when the possibility of an asteroid impact alarmed the American public for the first time, MIT students drafted ...

The MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) monitored asteroid Dimorphos post-NASA DART impact. See the evolution of the debris cloud created by the smash-up over the course of a month; ...

Have you heard about Asteroid Apophis? It's like the rockstar of space—cool name, big impact! This bad boy has been causing a ...

The risk of a cosmic body striking the Earth—or exploding in the atmosphere—may be higher in 2032 and 2036, researchers have ...

Strange glassy blobs strewn across the Australian desert are evidence of an ancient meteorite impact that scientists hadn't ...

Debris from Comet Encke creates two annual meteor showers, but it might also pose a small risk to Earth. Scientists are ...

Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

We need an enhanced version of SUNSET to establish a space-based, combined discovery and early-warning system for NEOs (Near Earth Objects). If we use multiple satellites traveling ahead of Earth on ...

In a new teaser for AMC's Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat, Lestat isn't going to make this interview easy for Daniel - ...