Researchers theorize X-rays from a nuclear explosion could be used to vaporize an asteroid's surface, altering its trajectory ...

Radiation from a nuclear explosion can vaporize the surface of an asteroid and change its trajectory, a new study finds.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory ‘JPL’ has been carefully monitoring five asteroids that are predicted to safely fly by Earth ...

“Near-Earth objects (NEOs) that follow horseshoe paths, and approach our planet at close range and low relative velocity, may undergo mini-moon events in which their geocentric energy becomes negative ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory confirms that two large asteroids, named 2020 GE and 2024 RO11, will safely pass by Earth on ...

Beginning on Sunday, the planet will capture an asteroid sailing nearby, drawing it in for one loop around Earth before ...

Experiment shows that, in a worst-case scenario, humanity could use a nuclear explosion to save the planet from a deadly ...

A 33-foot asteroid named 2024 PT5 is expected to briefly orbit the Earth between September 29 and November 25.

As these asteroids make their approach, NASA continues to monitor their trajectories, ensuring public safety while providing ...

An asteroid hurtling toward Earth could be deflected without a spacecraft ever touching it.

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson once shared a terrifying prediction about when an asteroid could possibly hit Earth.

An asteroid named 2024 PT5 will enter Earth's orbit this week, get caught there from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, and then fly away into the solar system. Some past mini-moons, such as this one from 2020, ...