Scientists say we are about to get a second moon - for more than two months. The so-called 'mini moon' will orbit our planet ...

An X-ray pulse may be able to vaporize the surface of an asteroid and change its trajectory, according to a proof-of-concept ...

Earth will soon have two moons, but not for long. According to a study published in the journal Research Notes of the ...

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

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

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

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

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

“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 ...

Unlike the existing moon — which has orbited our planet for about 4 billion years — this new floating rock is only expected ...

The regular Moon’s new, temporary friend is 2024 PT₅, an asteroid captured from the Arjuna asteroid group (called the ...

The cooling from atmospheric dust from this bombardment also explains other evidence suggesting a period when our planet was ...