A fast-moving 2026 FF6 will pass close to Earth, but if it poses no danger, why are scientists still tracking it so closely?

A fast-moving asteroid, 2026 FR2, will pass Earth at a “close” distance, but if it poses no danger, why are scientists still ...

The rock is hurtling through our cosmic neighborhood at a zippy 23,197 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

Blue Origin and NASA are teaming up on a new mission to protect Earth from asteroids, building on NASA's DART success.

In September 2022 NASA smashed a spacecraft into an asteroid. Called Dimorphos, the rock is the smaller asteroid in a binary pair; it orbits a larger one called Didymos. Slamming into Dimorphos told ...

NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid as an attempt to change the asteroid’s trajectory in 2022. Now, scientific observations have shown that the mission had more far-reaching effects than ...

Here's one less thing to worry about—or to look forward to: NASA has ruled out any chance that an asteroid called 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in 2032. Last year, the uncertainty surrounding the space ...