The European Space Agency is about to launch a spacecraft on an important research mission designed to bolster planetary ...

A blast of X-rays from a nuclear explosion should be enough to save Earth from an incoming asteroid, according to the results ...

Nuclear devices generate massive amounts of X-rays. A new experiment suggests that might be enough to divert a killer ...

The internet has been buzzing about a so-called "mini-moon." Here's what we know about 2024 PT5 and if it will be visible.

When asteroid samples dropped to the Utah desert in 2023, it was go time for NASA's dedicated curation team.

Earth has a new “mini- moon ” after an asteroid has joined our orbit. The object, known as 2024 PT5, has been chasing after ...

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

Our planet is like a small island in the vast cosmos. The space is a hostile place. The ever-present danger of a huge ...

Though referred to as a mini-moon, 2024 PT5 won't complete a full orbit around Earth. Instead, it will be a “temporarily ...

Earth's moon soon won't be the only orbiting body in the sky. 'Mini-moon' asteroid 2024 PT5 will soon be here.

There's a new moon on the horizon. The Earth will gain a second, mini-moon on Sept. 29, but it won't stick around too long.

Exploding a nuclear bomb above a huge asteroid could vaporize its surface using X-rays, pushing the space rock away from ...