NASA's OSIRIS-APEX mission, which was one of 19 designated to be canceled by the Trump administration, has been saved from ...

In April 2029, Apophis is predicted by NASA to come within 32,000 kilometers (20,000 miles) of the Earth's surface. Closer ...

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Bennu is one of the most hazardous known asteroids in our solar system. Thanks to a visit by a NASA spacecraft, scientists have a much greater understanding of the near-Earth asteroid, its upcoming ...

NEW YORK -- An asteroid NASA's been tracking for nearly 25 years could impact Earth in the future, a new report reveals. First discovered in 1999, Bennu, the near-Earth asteroid, could possibly drift ...

NASA has thrown a lifeline to scientists working on a mission to visit an asteroid that will make an unusually close flyby of ...

The Trump administration has proposed a number of major cost-saving measures in 2025, and NASA's budget for the 2026 ...

From how space rocks wobble to where to hit them, scientists are learning the fine art of asteroid deflection — and it could ...

According to a study conducted by University of Tokyo researchers, Ryugu maintained a "pristine record" of late water activity. By examining the lutetium and hafnium isotopes in their rock samples, ...

NASA says an asteroid larger than the Empire State Building is heading toward Earth. But don't worry, it's not expected to arrive until the year 2182 and there's only a .05% chance it will hit our ...

China’s Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is set to launch this month, May 2025, en route to the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3). The country could join the United States and Japan, whose space ...