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China to launch near-Earth asteroid sample return mission in 2025 China will launch the Tianwen-2 mission to sample a ...

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

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

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.

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

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 ...

The researchers at the Sandia National Laboratories in the US have simulated asteroid deflection with a powerful pulse of ...