Slated for a 2027 launch, NASA's NEO Surveyor mission is advancing through critical testing phases to enhance our planetary ...

Astronomers mistook a Tesla Roadster that was launched into orbit in 2018 for an asteroid earlier this month. The registry of ...

NASA Space Technology has big travel plans for 2025, starting with a trip to the near side of the Moon!

For a few months, Earth had a second moon — a tiny asteroid that may have been a piece of our own Moon ...

Assembly of the Artemis II moon rocket has reached its latest milestone with the stacking of the twin boosters' right forward ...

2024 PT5 is the second near-Earth asteroid scientists suspect was ejected from the moon's surface, the first being 469219 ...

Bill Nelson retires as NASA administrator; Janet Petro steps in as acting chief, awaiting Jared Isaacman’s confirmation.

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

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

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

The second visit of asteroid Apophis in 2036, also on April 13, heralds the coming of the Messiah and the beginning of a new ...

Bill Nelson has stepped down as NASA administrator, ending a half-century of public service. Janet Petro is now the agency's ...