A follow-up mission to DART, Hera will travel to a binary asteroid to observe the aftermath of NASA's wildly successful ...
Scientists are eager to examine the impact’s aftermath up close to know exactly how effective Dart was and what changes might ...
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is closely monitoring two asteroids, 2024 SN8 and 2018 JG38, both set to pass near ...
The largest of the five celestial travelers, Asteroid 2024 RJ32 is around the size of a jumbo jet, at around 130 feet ...
Earth acquired a temporary mini moon, 2024 PT5, detected by astronomers. NASA will monitor its path, as it orbits for nearly two months before departing in late November, with a potential return in ...
Robin George Andrews, author of "How to Kill an Asteroid," joins The Excerpt to discuss how scientists are working to ...
Apophis will travel closer to us than any similarly sized astronomical object in recorded history, scientists said. It will ...
Scientists simulated a nuclear explosion using x-ray pulses to push an asteroid-like rock away in space-like conditions.