Can an asteroid, or two asteroids, crash into Earth in the next seven years? Scientists are observing these space rocks to ...

To mark the 10th anniversary of World Asteroid Day, a global live stream will showcase near-Earth asteroids and highlight ...

"The United Nations declaration of June 30 as Asteroid Day is a very important milestone for us," Asteroid Day co-founder ...

World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth ...

Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly knows a few things about objects in outer space, including those that make their way to Earth.

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. The Les Makes ...

ESA’s Hera mission is two-year flight to the Didymos binary asteroid system. See its trajectory here. Credit: ESA - European ...

The binary asteroid system is only made up of Didymos, about half a mile in diameter, and the small moon (sometimes called a moonlet) Dimorphos, which has a diameter of 525 feet and is the target ...

Asteroids colliding with Earth might seem farfetched, but the planetary threat is real. Just this year news broke of an ...

New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.

When Hera reaches Didymos and Dimorphos in December 2026, it will send home the most detailed information so far about humanity’s first attempt to deflect an asteroid from its path.

Scheduled to reach the asteroid 65803 Didymos and its moonlet in late 2026, it will gather additional data about the aftermath of the DART crash and how it changed the asteroid system.