Two mission concepts are seeking funding to fly by and even collide with an asteroid that is making a very close flyby of ...

The space rock will make its closest approach—at a cosmically slight 183,000 miles from our planet—later today, according to ...

The 55-feet-wide space rock is hurtling through space at a zippy 17,717 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

Across the globe, technology that is designed to generate solar energy could potentially be employed for yet another ...

NASA has confirmed that asteroid 1997 QK1, a massive rock roughly 990 feet wide, will make its closest approach to Earth on ...

Jimmy Kimmel says he saved Matt Damon from choking on pork ribs: 'I will never be able to explain this as anything other than ...

Explore the challenges of asteroid mining and why Elon Musk's SpaceX isn't pursuing it. Is it really cheaper to mine on Earth ...

The photographs were taken during scheduled checkouts of the spacecraft’s science instruments, crucial for calibrating its ...

Most people are aware that an asteroid wiped out much of life on Earth around 65 million years ago, and this knowledge ...

Headed for a metal-rich asteroid of the same name, the Psyche spacecraft successfully calibrated its cameras by looking homeward.

On its way to Didymos and Dimorphos, Hera has found time to test its cameras in preparation for the big moment.

The bad news is that death by asteroid impact is more likely to happen to you than death by rabies. The worse news is that ...