According to the space agency's tracking, the rock is hurtling through space at more than 21,500 miles per hour.

Harry Stamper might still be here today had this tech existed in 1998's "Armageddon." ...

A bus-size asteroid known as 2026 EG1 flew past Earth closer than the moon late Thursday. Here's what NASA had to say about ...

NASA’s DART mission changed the Dimorphos' asteroid orbit around the Sun, proving spacecraft impacts could help defend Earth.

The mission without a doubt proves that we could deflect a hazardous asteroid away from Earth — so long as we discover it in ...

NASA said earlier this month that an asteroid that at one point had a 4% chance of hitting the moon will miss the lunar ...

Studying the 2022 collision's effects can help scientists protect the Earth from celestial objects that might head toward us ...

A 140-foot space rock, Asteroid 2007 EG, will pass relatively close to Earth soon. Scientists say it’s harmless, yet they’re watching carefully. Why does this flyby matter for future asteroid defence?

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is big and dangerous enough that it has been dubbed a "city killer." There were concerns that the asteroid ...

NASA’s DART mission proved that a spacecraft can nudge an asteroid system in space, offering a real test of planetary defense. NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft changed the ...

Here's what scientists have now learned about the DART mission.

It is the first man-made object to have shifted the orbit of a naturally occurring entity in space.