The threat from near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 may have subsided, but discoveries of other hazardous space rocks are set to ...

NASA’s NEO Surveyor, a spacecraft specifically designed to detect asteroids that could threaten Earth, is on track for a 2027 ...

The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet, ...

Once the new measurements were taken and the math was done, the probability of YR4 hitting the Earth began to decline, ...

A team of astronomers has spent over a decade tracing meteorite impacts on Earth back to their original sources in the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope will make additional observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4’s characteristics and orbital path in May using the midinfrared instrument, pictured being installed into ...

There is a nonzero chance that somewhere in the nearby solar system is a rock that might kill us all. This stony assassin may well be orbiting the sun at this very moment, careening down a ...

If an asteroid really threatened the Earth, what would a planetary defense mission look like? Even rendezvous and landing ...

Asteroids threaten Earth, prompting NASA to develop defense strategies. Advanced detection systems and deflection missions are five key initiatives for planetary safety. Expected to launch in 2027 ...

Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...