NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is on a mission to explore a unique section of Jezero Crater, known as Dox Castle. This region ...

Scientists in the US have concluded that dangerous asteroids could be redirected by detonating a nuclear warhead at a ...

It is expected to follow a horseshoe-type orbit to become a “mini-moon” of Earth on 29 September only to return to a path orbiting the Sun about 57 days later on 25 November, according to the study.

Scientists in New Mexico conducted several experiments and learned that asteroids can be deflected from Earth using ...

A school-bus-sized asteroid is expected to spend about two months orbiting Earth as a "mini moon" as it gets temporarily ...

While this is no doubt just a rounding error for SpaceX, the company hit back hard against the allegations in a letter sent ...

Scientists have found nuclear weapons could actually help deflect an incoming cosmic impact — not by blowing an asteroid up, ...

"Dox Castle will be our first chance to do rim science," Margaret Deahn, a Ph.D. candidate at Indiana's Purdue University who is involved with mapping the rover's ongoing journey to the crater rim, ...

An newly discovered asteroid will be captured by Earth's gravity this fall. The "mini-moon" will spend about two months in ...

New close-up images reveal the surprising snowman shape of "potentially hazardous" asteroid 2024 ON, which tumbled safely ...

In a rare astronomical event, Earth is set to capture a temporary moon between September 29 and November 25. The new addition ...

A moonlet from the Arjuna asteroid belt is set to fall into Earth's orbit for 57 days. The school-bus-sized space rock won't ...