Asteroid deflection could backfire if the impact shoves the rock into a cosmic keyhole, a hidden trapdoor in space.

For more than sixty years, a tiny asteroid has been moving in step with Earth, hidden from view until recently. Astronomers ...

A ONCE-in-a-millennium mega asteroid will be visible to billions without the need for any equipment as it glides past Earth.

Red Deer Polytechnic’s Mr. Woof is among the newest additions to the world of robot dogs. Most importantly, it features an ...

Hayabusa2 asteroid Ryugu samples reveal liquid water flowed through rock over one billion years after formation.

Following its successful collection of material from the asteroid 162173 Ryugu in 2019, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Hayabusa2 spacecraft swung by Earth to drop off its precious ...

The composition of crystals in volcanic rocks changes with their ages in ways that correlate with the Solar System’s ...

Apophis will zoom safely past the Earth closer than the orbits of geosynchronous satellites on April 13, 2029. As well as the ...

Earth has a number of mini-moons and quasi-moons. Mini-moons are objects that orbit our planet. But they make for fickle fans: They tend to swing around Earth for only a matter of months. One example ...

Asteroid 2025 FA22, measuring up to 951 feet across, will make a close approach to Earth early Thursday according to NASA ...

An asteroid the size of a skyscraper is approaching Earth at a sprightly 24,136 miles per hour—and will be at its closest to us in two days' time. The space rock—dubbed "2025 FA22"—is a sizeable 520 ...

NASA is investing significant resources into asteroid defence, but its new protective system could have unintended ...