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.

The asteroid, estimated to be around 100 feet in size, roughly the length of an airplane, will fly by at a distance of ...

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

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

BJ's closest approach to Earth will be about 220,000 miles (354,000 kilometers) way. The space rock is ~68 feet (21 meters) ...

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

The Climate Prediction Center released new monthly and seasonal outlooks on Thursday revealing an expectation that drought makes a return to more of. Read more: ...

Austinites will be able to hail a driverless rideshare courtesy a partnership between Uber and autonomous vehicle company Waymo — but some residents will get early access to the driverless technology ...

To assess whether this technique could actually deflect an asteroid heading toward Earth, the team fed their experimental ...

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

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.