As an asteroid hurtles toward Earth, a tech billionaire's daughter assembles a team of specialists in hope of saving the world. Strong language/violence/mature themes. (2020)(84 mins) ...

The asteroid Vesta could be a huge chunk of planet that was blasted off its parent world and sent spinning into space in the aftermath of a titanic collision four-and-a-half billion years ago.

NASA’s mission, in a way, is already in progress. The agency’s OSIRIS-REx mission—having successfully visited the asteroid Bennu in 2020 and returning a sample three years later—has now ...

Asteroid 2025 HY2, an Apollo-class asteroid, will pass Earth on May 7, 2025, at a speed of 48,904 km/h. Though passing at a distance of 6.8 million kilometres, it's a close call in cosmic terms ...

A nuclear explosion might eventually be Earth’s only way to protect itself from a dangerous asteroid. But preparing for that without launching nukes into space means getting creative. One day ...

The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck, scientists said Tuesday. A team of astronomers used the Gemini South ...

BOULDER, Colorado — Asteroid experts are pondering the scientific output from the NASA Lucy spacecraft after it shot by its celestial destination — the main belt asteroid named Donaldjohanson.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy space rock that resembles an odd-shaped peanut. The space agency released the images Monday ...

NASA has issued a warning about asteroid 2023 KU, a 370-foot-wide space rock traveling at over 64,000 km/h. Expected to safely pass Earth on April 11, 2025, at a distance of 1 million km ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy, odd-shaped space rock.The space agency released the images Monday, a day after the close ...