The asteroid, around 100 feet in diameter, is speeding toward our planet at about 22,000 miles per hour, according to NASA.

Astronomers are constantly tracking “potentially hazardous” objects in space, using advanced telescopes capable of detecting ...

A niche corner of the commercial space sector is attracting attention from United States national security planners, not because of its economic promise, but because of the technical problems it is ...

The space rock is hurtling through our cosmic backyard at a zippy 26,200 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

NASA’s latest alert about a near‑Earth asteroid has revived a familiar mix of anxiety and curiosity about what would happen ...

A stronomers are getting prepared for the chance to see "the most energetic lunar impact event ever recorded in human history ...

The CRASH Clock is a new predictor of how much time there will be before a collision if a solar storm knocks out power and ...

Discoveries can come from the most unlikely places — at least, that's what one high schooler found out, after finding nearly 1.5 million new objects in space.

Falling space junk is becoming a real-world hazard, and scientists have found a clever new way to track it using instruments ...

A powerful new telescope spots an unusually large asteroid spinning faster than thought possible, challenging long held ideas ...

The space rock has a 4.3% chance of striking the Moon in six years—and it could generate a flash nearly as bright as Venus.