China's Tianwen 2 probe has captured striking pictures of home as it heads out to a near-Earth asteroid to collect samples.

The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Measuring roughly 95 feet across, the rock belongs to the Aten group. These asteroids have orbits that cross Earth’s path ...

The team of physicists from The University of Arizona say they were motivated by the possibility of Compact Ultradense ...

In 2022, NASA rammed a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if it could alter its orbital period around its parent asteroid.

In the almost three years since NASA proved that it could successfully deflect an asteroid, we’ve learned a lot about these ...

An asteroid, 2025 MA90, roughly the size of a building, is set to safely fly by Earth, capturing global scientific attention.

An asteroid named 2025 ME92 is set to fly past Earth on July 31. It will maintain a safe distance of 3.19 million kilometers. NASA and ISRO are monito ...

NASA celebrated its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) as a massive success, a proof of concept for saving humanity in ...

Left 4 Dead creators Turtle Rock were once working on a sequel to their often-brilliant but very flawed 4v1 monster shooter ...

"Can humanity enjoy the benefits of both asteroid and lunar mining without compromise, or do we have to choose one at the ...