Discover NASA's Hera mission and how it's vital for planetary defense against asteroids, ensuring Earth's safety from ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has issued a notice regarding an asteroid approaching Earth today, measuring roughly ...

Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has taught us a lot about the nature of asteroids and the history of our planet, and it's not done ...

Oct. 10, 2024 — When lightning cracks on Earth, especially high-energy electrons may fall out of Earth's inner radiation belt, according to a new study -- an electron 'rain' that could threaten ...

The European Space Agency will probe a harmless asteroid Nasa hit in 2022 as part of a "planetary defence test".

A spacecraft is on its way to visit an asteroid that US space agency Nasa knocked off course in 2022. The Hera craft launched ...

(Courtesy: Craig Fritz) For the first time, physicists in the US have done lab-based experiments that show how an asteroid could be deflected by powerful bursts of X-rays. With the help of the world’s ...

The Hera mission will explore an asteroid deflection test. It also gives startups a chance to refine their technologies.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is closely monitoring three asteroids passing Earth on October 10, 2024.

An asteroid the size of a bus that is being dubbed a "mini-moon" has begun orbiting earth. Brian Hackney reports.

The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft has officially begun its journey toward a small, harmless asteroid that was ...

Scientists simulated a nuclear explosion using x-ray pulses to push an asteroid-like rock away in space-like conditions.