A new study suggests that X-ray pulses could be used to deflect enormous asteroids on a collision course with Earth.

Earth is about to gain a temporary companion in space – a mini-moon known as 2024 PT5. This near-Earth asteroid NEA) is ...

PT5 will enter Earth's orbit from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, serving as a temporary "mini-moon." ...

Earth is going to have its very own mini-moon from September 29 until November 25. The regular moon's new, temporary friend ...

The mini-moon, nicknamed 2024 PTS, will orbit the Earth in a horseshoe pattern before the gravity of other objects in our ...

In New Mexico, scientists are exploring a futuristic solution to defend Earth against asteroid threats: harnessing X-ray ...

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

It was a good week for space science, as a trio of Earth scientists at Monash University found evidence that Earth may have ...

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

There’s a clue about how to do that in the natural behavior of comets. As sunlight heats a comet’s ice until some turns to ...

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.