Blue Origin and NASA are teaming up on a new mission to protect Earth from asteroids, building on NASA's DART success.
A fast-moving asteroid, 2026 FR2, will pass Earth at a “close” distance, but if it poses no danger, why are scientists still watching it so carefully?
NASA’s Psyche mission, launched in 2023, will study a $10,000 quadrillion asteroid, with new research showing that its ...
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew by asteroid Dinkinesh and made a surprising discovery, a close binary! Preliminary statistics show that Dinkinesh is ~0.5 miles (790 m) wide and the binary asteroid is 0.15 ...
Webb telescope data shows a once-risky asteroid will safely pass Earth and the Moon in 2032, removing all impact concerns.
New observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have eliminated any chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon in December 2032, removing a scenario that had raised concerns about ...
NASA's CNEOS is monitoring asteroid 2026 FB4 as it passes Earth at 23,000 mph today. Learn about its size, speed, and why ...
A bright fireball appeared over the US and Canada in March 2026. NASA reported that the fireball was caused by a small ...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) confirmed that it is tracking a car-sized asteroid that will come closer to the Earth than the moon. 2026 FM3, along with ...
It has been March meteor madness so far this month, with an uptick in larger space rocks being swept up by our planet!
Recent meteors over Ohio and Michigan have sparked interest in meteorite hunting. A Michigan man found a rare meteorite in ...
This galvanizing, can-do ethos set the tone for a generation of space exploration that seeps into pop culture to this day. Except it’s all grown more complicated. For one, the moon is now old hat.