If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Such a cosmic ...

Lying between Mars and Jupiter is a massive ring of rock debris—the asteroid belt. Now thin, it’s fading away gradually. In a new study, planetary scientist Julio A. Fernández of Uruguay’s Universidad ...

TN2, the largest of four, will safely pass Earth today at 1.34 million km. There is no threat from it, said NASA.

$20 million NASA mission to visit 'God of Chaos' asteroid saved from budget cuts in last-minute decision News By Elizabeth Howell published October 18, 2025 ...

The shower is produced by Halley’s comet’s debris, and could offer strong viewing opportunities because the moon is new this week.

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. Watch the final moments of the spacecraft's existence and reaction from the team at John ...

A massive crater hidden beneath the Atlantic seafloor has been confirmed as the result of an asteroid strike from 66 million ...