In the United States, funding for planetary defense has long had strong bipartisan support both inside and outside of ...

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A colossal asteroid is set to approach the Earth's atmosphere today and NASA has described it as "potentially hazardous." The ...

Scientists think a small rock discovered near Earth last August was hurled into space by an ancient impact on the lunar surface.

Filmmakers have long been fascinated by apocalyptic asteroids and how the world would react if one was hurtling towards us. In 1998’s blockbuster Armageddon, the US sends a bunch of oil drillers ...

This asteroid, which measures between 65 to 147 feet in diameter, will zoom past our planet at a distance of 18 lakh kilometres. Moving at a brisk pace of 22,400 kilometres per hour, its closest ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Eric Mack is a reporter covering science, sustainability and space. It’s about as wide as the Eiffel Tower is tall and it could be where ...

NASA has warned that a giant asteroid the size of a 10-story building will be whizzing right past us tonight. dimazel - stock.adobe.com Are we about to get Jingle Bell rock-ed? Santa Claus isn’t ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. ESA's Hera spacecraft as it would look in space. Dimorphos is a small moonlet ...

Lee esta historia en español aquí. The near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago ...

NASA’s Goldstone Solar System Radar is closely tracking asteroid 2024 PT5 during its nearest approach to Earth, a distance ...

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