Lucy is preparing for a close encounter with the asteroid Donaldjohanson, a key milestone before its groundbreaking journey ...

A Chilean space telescope has captured striking images of YR4 2024, the “city-killer” asteroid that’s potentially on a collision course with Earth. “Only a few asteroids have been studied ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

The space rock, which measures 150 feet across and is traveling at 38,922 miles per hour, is one of five on NASA's radar.

The rock tour has officially been canceled. After two months of observations, NASA scientists have officially declared Earth ...

CHILLING new telescope photos of the "city killer" asteroid hurtling towards earth at 30,000mph have been released. The chance of the space rock smashing into Earth when it loops around in 7 years ...

The main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson is now in sight as the Discovery Program mission prepares for a flyby of the object in ...

UK VFX house Jellyfish Pictures has suspended all operations and is currently exploring options for either a sale or large ...

New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking ...

A White House science advisor recently war-gamed with space agency heads worldwide to devise a planet-saving defense to an ...

What the asteroid with a 1-in-48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 looks like (images) When is an asteroid not an asteroid? When it's Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster, it turns out. For now, however ...