The rock ended its space-faring days striking Earth's atmosphere, heating up and exploding in a spectacular fireball as it ...

Together, DART and Hera lay the foundations for future planetary protection missions. Focusing on asteroids that could pose harm to our planet, these missions require planning and execution at short ...

A meteorite that tore through the sky in June shaking the Southeast with a sonic boom is now believed to be 4.56 billion ...

A mysterious fireball blazed across the sky in broad daylight on June 26, sparking hundreds of siting reports in Georgia and ...

A scientist says fragments of a meteorite that punched through a Georgia homeowner's roof after blazing across the sky in a fiery streak is older than the Earth itself ...

On its way to Didymos and Dimorphos, Hera has found time to test its cameras in preparation for the big moment.

The first asteroid, officially named (2025 OJ1), is estimated to be around 300 feet wide, while the second is 2019 CO1, ...

NASA has issued an alert regarding two substantial asteroids, (2025 OJ1) and (2019 CO1), scheduled for a close Earth flyby on ...

Otero and (18805) Kellyday. Though distant and faint, the early observations serve as both a successful instrument test and a demonstration of agile spacecraft operations that could prove useful for ...