Webb telescope data shows a once-risky asteroid will safely pass Earth and the Moon in 2032, removing all impact concerns.

Some of the most important asteroid searches are done at exactly the time of night when satellite trails are hardest to avoid ...

As the mysterious interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS speeds towards its perihelion on 29 October 2025, NASA's Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) remains on watch — a reminder of humanity's ...

JWST imaged 2024 YR4 in late March, making it the smallest object the telescope had imaged to date. The data its instruments collected indicate that based on the amount of heat it gives off, 2024 YR4 ...

China signals new target for 2027 asteroid deflection test China has identified a new target near-Earth asteroid for its first planetary defense kinetic test mission, which is scheduled to launch in ...