The deliberate 14,000-mph crash of a small NASA probe into the asteroid Dimorphos two weeks ago nudged the 525-foot-wide body onto a slightly different course, NASA confirmed Tuesday — shaving ...

Earth will soon experience close encounters with three large asteroids, although none are expected to collide with our planet ...

US News ‘City-killer’ asteroid now on crash course with the moon after Earth likely to dodge a direct hit By Isabel Keane Published April 3, 2025, 2:19 p.m. ET ...

NASA is launching a spacecraft that will purposely crash into an asteroid’s moon, technology that could one day save the planet from an asteroid.

While there are currently no asteroids on a direct impact course with Earth, there is a large population of near-Earth asteroids — more than 27,000 in all shapes and sizes.

A menacing asteroid named Apophis is projected to have a close encounter with Earth in 2029, but scientists have long ruled ...

Welcome to the first episode of Crash Course Astronomy. Your host for this intergalactic adventure is the Bad Astronomer himself, Phil Plait. We begin with answering a question: "What is astronomy?" ...

While there are currently no asteroids on a direct impact course with Earth, there is a large population of near-Earth asteroids -- more than 27,000 in all shapes and sizes.