Far from our own solar system, astronomers have finally watched what planetary scientists have long predicted but never ...

In a cosmic fireworks display, scientists have observed two objects colliding around a bright star 25 light-years from Earth.

Five massive asteroids will fly near Earth between Wednesday and Sunday, though none are on a trajectory that makes them an imminent planetary threat, according to NASA. Three of the asteroids are the ...

This week, five asteroids will fly past Earth, close enough to be categorized as Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs). However, NASA predicts that none will pose any real risk to the planet for ...

NASA's NEOWISE spacecraft is about to return to Earth in a blaze of glory after 15 years of service. The NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) mission has been using a space ...

Asteroids. What do you call the masses of space rocks floating in outer space that are smaller than planets and even smaller than our moon. These are called asteroids, the small airless rocky masses ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Armageddon is not imminent. Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck and Billy Bob Thornton can stand down. There is no apocalyptic asteroid barreling toward a catastrophic collision with ...

KILLER ASTEROIDS ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH EARTH. NASA JUST ANNOUNCED A DEAL WITH SPACEX TO LAUNCH THE NEAR-EARTH OBJECT, OR NEO SURVEY OR MISSION. YEAH, WELL, THE ODDS ARE SMALL OF IT EVER HAPPENING ...

The Deep Space Network's Goldstone planetary radar recently observed asteroids 2024 MK and 2011 UL21 as they safely passed by Earth. Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern ...

Two asteroids are set for safe flybys near Earth, reassuring the public that no threat exists. NASA emphasizes these events highlight the dynamic sola ...

An unusual disc-shaped object from space landed last month on the barren sands of a U.S. military testing ground. Scorched from its fiery journey through the atmosphere, the capsule was lifted by ...

NASA is tracking two bus-sized asteroids in the vicinity of the Earth that are whizzing through space at some 11,000 to 24,000 miles per hour. A space rock known as "2025 HP22," measuring ...