The ATLAS (short for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) is a NASA-funded program developed by the University of ...

Scientists Believe an Asteroid Might Crash Into the Moon in 2032, a Once-in-5,000-Year Event A recently discovered asteroid ...

NASA's DART mission successfully altered Dimorphos' orbit, but the impact unleashed over 100 boulders, significantly boosting ...

In the almost three years since NASA proved that it could successfully deflect an asteroid, we’ve learned a lot about these ...

There is always a high volume of space discoveries made by NASA each and every year. ... This sample is part of a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid, according to NASA.

In about 23 years, it may finally be time to look up. A recently discovered asteroid over 150 feet in diameter has a chance of hitting Earth on Valentine's Day in 2046. Although agencies have said ...

A newly discovered asteroid roughly the size of an Olympic swimming pool has a “small chance” of colliding with Earth in 23 years, with a potential impact on Valentine’s Day 2046, according ...

Experts have confirmed that the mysterious object hurtling towards us, previously dubbed A11pl3Z, is an "interstellar object.

After months of tracking and refining Asteroid 2024 YR4's orbit, NASA scientists were able to rule out an Earth strike. There's no real risk to the planet in seven years or afterward, according to the ...

Dinkinesh, a small asteroid that NASA’s Lucy mission visited last week, continues to surprise. ... which allowed astronomers to make the discovery of Dinkinesh’s unexpected companion.

NASA’s Lucy mission has just snagged a celestially good deal: two asteroids for the price of one flyby. While flying past a small main-belt asteroid called Dinkinesh the spacecraft found an even ...