These ‘city killers’ threaten civilization. Hunt them down.

The likelihood of an impact isn’t low. A 2025 analysis led by the planetary scientist Carrie Nugent estimates asteroids 460 ...
Newsweek

NASA Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth This Week

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Estimated to measure some 41 feet across, the asteroid known as “2025 ...
Science Daily

NASA’s Lucy finds a wobbling peanut-shaped asteroid with signs of ancient water

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft discovered that asteroid Donaldjohanson is a wobbling, peanut-shaped relic born from a violent ...
Phys.org

NASA rules out asteroid smashup on the moon in 2032

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 ...
Science Daily

NASA’s DART asteroid smash shows we could deflect a future threat

When NASA’s DART spacecraft deliberately crashed into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos, it did more than change the asteroid’s local orbit — it slightly shifted the path of the entire asteroid pair ...
New Scientist

NASA changed an asteroid's orbit around the sun for the first time

Humanity has shifted an asteroid’s orbit around the sun for the first time. This was achieved by NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission in 2022, but the effect has only now been ...
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Armageddon was right! Simulation confirms we could nuke an asteroid if it was heading for Earth

The 1998 sci-fi classic Armageddon might not have a reputation as a scientifically accurate film. But scientists now say the Hollywood blockbuster got one thing right – we really could nuke an ...