On the world's first Asteroid Day, Nina Burleigh discovers that Nasa has already commissioned a team of 'planetary defenders' ...

Are we extraterrestrial? Something was recently discovered by NASA on a near-Earth asteroid. They are Organic Molecules On ...

China has begun recruiting for a planetary defense force after risk assessments determined that an asteroid could conceivably ...

Recruitment drive comes amid increasing focus on an asteroid with a low — but growing — likelihood of hitting earth in seven ...

The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...

In light of the threat of an asteroid collision in 2032, China has launched a recruitment campaign for a "planetary defense ...

NASA has a Moon collision down in their future estimates and hasn’t ruled out the potential for it hitting Earth ...

The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size could do.

To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...

Researchers are unlocking secrets of our solar system by analyzing asteroid Bennu samples, some of the most pristine ever ...

Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth, a study has ...