At the same time, the official evaded a direct question of whether the facility is capable of protecting country from missiles ...

In April, the astronomer said that he had discovered a large asteroid with a diameter of about 200 meters, potentially dangerous for the Earth ...

A small asteroid burned up in Earth's atmosphere off the coast of California just hours after being discovered and before ...

Washington: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has issued an alert for November 13 as asteroid 99942 ...

A 75-day public comment period is open starting Oct. 25 for the draft environmental impact statement on what’s commonly referred to as a 36-degree missile defense system for Guam. From the ...

The European Space Agency's Hera mission is on its way toward Mars, where it will get a gravity assist before going on to its asteroid target.

ESA's Hera mission has completed the first critical maneuver on its journey to the Didymos binary asteroid system since ...

DART's goal was to examine how well a planetary defense strategy in moving a threatening space rock away from Earth. Hera will examine the collision from a nearby vantage point, p ...

N ASA's planetary defense telescope Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) has burned up in the ...

Apophis is the ancient Greek name for the Egyptian god of chaos Apep. The deity is also linked to earthquakes, thunder, ...

“Our research has implications not just for asteroid detection and planetary defense, but also for our broader understanding ...

Apophis is 340 metres wide, about the same as the height of the Empire State Building. If it were to hit Earth, it would ...