The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...

People on the ground in the Eastern Hemisphere will be able to observe the asteroid with their own eyes, weather permitting, according to NASA.

Establishing a long-term human presence on the moon is a daunting challenge. Daunting—but not impossible. One way to help ...

The approach will be close enough to see with the naked eye.

NASA and global observatories confirm asteroid 99942 Apophis will pass Earth safely on April 13, 2029, at about 19,800 miles from the surface—closer than geostationary satellites. Once feared for a ...

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir captured stunning photos of the Lyrids meteor shower from the International Space Station.

Houston, we may have a problem! A rare, colossal-sized asteroid is on course to fly by Earth — and will come closer to our ...

A meteor cluster reveals an asteroid disintegrating near the Sun. These observations help uncover hidden asteroids and ...

The fireball was first spotted over the Atlantic Ocean before heading southwest at 30,000 miles per hour.

HOUSTON — Did you see, hear, or feel it? We saw reports on social media and received calls to our newsroom Saturday afternoon about a loud boom. Some people describe seeing a possible meteorite ...

The Lyrids meteor shower will peak overnight Tuesday into Wednesday. The annual meteor shower is one of the oldest known ...

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir captured a stunning photo of the Lyrids meteor shower from the International Space Station.