We've all seen the movie Deep Impact. That 1998 thriller where a comet barrels toward Earth, forcing world leaders to ...

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown asteroid impact hidden in tiny glass fragments scattered across South Australia. Curtin University scientists have contributed to the discovery of ...

Tianwen 2 will collect samples and deliver them back to Earth in late 2027, using a reentry capsule. Then the spacecraft will ...

A paper from several NASA scientists and other researchers explores whether an asteroid with a 4% chance of hitting the moon ...

A UCLA astronomer who leads planetary defense missions for NASA says avoiding asteroid impacts is “a problem we can ...

Astronomers are considering blowing up the “city killer” asteroid, estimated to have a small chance of crashing onto the Moon ...

With a low but notable chance of hitting our moon this asteroid is in the sights of scientists. A city-block-sized asteroid ...

Whether an asteroid is spinning neatly on its axis or tumbling chaotically, and how fast it is doing so, has been shown to be ...

In our own solar system, there are pretty good odds that you could stand on the surface of an asteroid and not even be able ...

Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar System ...

Meanwhile, up to 3,350 craters larger than 1 kilometer could have water, narrowed down to 20 larger than 19 kilometers with ...