2024 PT5, a Yale shuttle-sized Asteroid, will orbit Earth until late November. This new “mini-moon” is a wayward asteroid, a ...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The end of the world won’t come from a swarm of deadly asteroid strikes, a new study explains.

Astronomers have good news about potentially hazardous asteroids lurking near our planet: There aren't as many as we thought.

Scientists simulated a nuclear explosion using x-ray pulses to push an asteroid-like rock away in space-like conditions.

A European spacecraft is on its way to get an up-close look at an asteroid that NASA deliberately crashed its own vehicle ...

Researchers from the University of Maryland used the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) telescope to study the Taurid swarm.

The temporary “mini moon” now orbiting Earth until late November is a reminder of just how fascinating our solar system can be. It’s also a sign of the tremendous potential for space mining.

The bouncy bot was designed by university students in Switzerland for exploring microgravity environments, such as asteroids.

The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft rocketed away on a two-year journey to the small, harmless asteroid rammed by NASA two years ago in a dress rehearsal for the day a killer space rock ...

Earth will get a second moon: after some investigations the small asteroid, 2024 PT5, was discovered on August 7 ...

The Hera mission aims to find out what happened to the asteroid Dimorphos which Nasa was able to successfully redirect by ...

The Hera mission will explore an asteroid deflection test. It also gives startups a chance to refine their technologies.