California-based TransAstra is testing an inflatable “Capture Bag” that comes in different sizes and is intended to catch asteroids for mining.

When an asteroid threatens Earth, astronomers use a rating called the Torino scale to communicate the risk. Richard Binzel, ...

"If 2024 YR4 strikes the Moon in 2032, it will (statistically speaking) be the largest impact in approximately 5,000 years," ...

The asteroids are as large as around 75 and 91 feet in diameter, according to the Center for Near Earth Object Studies.

NASA's giant Mars Antenna failure hinders spacecraft communication and asteroid studies amid the federal government shutdown.

NASA is monitoring asteroids passing near Earth in November 2025. Three asteroids safely passed on 10th November, while two ...

NASA is tracking five asteroids, varying in size from a small bus to an airplane, passing Earth safely in mid-November 2025.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

Currently, experts estimate that asteroid mining remains at least two to three decades away from commercial viability. Yet the enabling factors, cheaper launches, better sensors, modular spacecraft, ...

Two bright meteors were caught slamming into the moon on Thursday (Oct. 30) and Saturday (Nov. 1), by Japanese astronomer ...

Harvard scientist Avi Loeb highlights anomalies with interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, noting its significantly larger nucleus and faster speed compared to previous objects like 'Oumuamua and Borisov. Loeb ...

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