Chinese scientists recently provided a new perspective on the origin of the asteroid 2016HO3 -- the target of the country's ...

According to the space agency's tracking, the rock is hurtling through space at more than 21,500 miles per hour.

Findings support kinetic impact technique for planetary defense.

Here's what scientists have now learned about the DART mission.

NASA is monitoring a plane-sized asteroid zooming past the Earth on Thursday at around 13,600 miles per hour. The space rock known as "2022 YS5" made its closest approach at around 4.15 million miles ...

ESA's Hera mission has captured images of asteroids (1126) Otero and (18805) Kellyday. Though distant and faint, the early observations serve as both a successful instrument test and a demonstration ...