China plans to smash spacecraft onto asteroid in major test to protect Earth - Scientists say the test will help create the ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft will chase asteroid Apophis after the space rock swings past Earth on April 13, 2029, arriving ...

A flyby conducted by the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 uncovered the asteroid's strange shape. Data gathered by the probe will also help defend the planet against potentially threatening space rocks ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many New Yorkers likely looked up to the sky this week in hopes of seeing the flashing lights of meteors as the Lyrids shower ...

A NASA-led study revealed that a near-Earth object long mistaken for an asteroid—1998 SH2—is actually a hidden comet—a discovery that could prove vital for predicting future threats to Earth.

Scientists from the China National Space Administration outlined a plan to directly change an asteroid’s trajectory relative ...

Famed Queen guitarist and citizen astronomer Brian May collaborated with NASA's asteroid mission OSIRIS-REx, helping ...

For decades, astronomers and policymakers have been working on plans to protect our planet from killer asteroids. But now there's a new realm to protect: the thousands of satellites we're putting in ...

Odin was dying in the dark. The angular 265-pound spacecraft with solar panel wings, giving it the appearance of a cyberpunk angel, was launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on February 26, 2025. It ...