Historically planetary defense research has focused on deflecting asteroids by using momentum to nudge their cosmic course ...

Most extinction-level asteroids are already tracked and accounted for. The real danger comes from smaller objects that remain undetected until it is too late. Some can arrive from directions we cannot ...

The proposed Golden Dome missile defense system aims to protect the United States from advanced threats, including ballistic missiles and hypersonic weapons. But doing so may require placing ...

Scientists estimate there are thousands of asteroids large enough to destroy a city near Earth. NASA is sending a telescope ...

Across the Earth, every night, thousands of automated stargazers are waiting to take pictures of shooting stars. I am one of the scientists who study these meteors. Most movies and news alerts focus ...

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

In 1998, Bruce Willis saved the world by blowing up an asteroid threat in “Armageddon.” In 2022, NASA did the real thing, ...

It was to swoop past 2022 OB5, a rocky asteroid island adrift in a starry sea, and take photographs of it. Odin successfully left its ride, headed into space—and vanished. The asteroid scout had ...

NASA's renewed push to get a human mission to the Moon and Mars is not cheap or for the faint of heart. But who ends up ...

Dozens of startups working on data centers, mining and pharmaceuticals are hanging on Elon Musk's long-stalled megarocket.

An Italian space company has heard the call and opened its first U.S.-based satellite production site on the Space Coast last ...

The White House is trying to cut investment in science, including 23% in funding for the space agency, which would have to ...