The near-Earth asteroid 2025 BC10 will pass safely near our planet on Saturday (April 5). The Virtual Telescope Project will ...

When that happens, once a spacecraft has left Earth's gravity well, it can reach the asteroid essentially "for free"; it doesn ... How are asteroids, space weather and space debris detected ...

YR4 made headlines in February with the news that it had a chance of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, as determined by an ...

NASA is about to begin a massive hunt for hidden asteroids, and may uncover city-destroying space rocks we've missed. Thankfully if we do find one hurtling towards Earth, there's hope for humanity ...

Unfortunately, other, much larger asteroids have the potential to be far more threatening than entertaining. "Asteroids come in all sizes," says Michael Küppers, a planetary scientist for the ...

Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our understanding of the Earth's past and our future. Each year, according to Nasa ...

There is a nonzero chance that somewhere in the nearby solar system is a rock that might kill us all. This stony assassin may well be orbiting the sun at this very moment, careening down a ...