A super-tough microbe may be able to survive being blasted from Mars into space—opening the door to interplanetary life transfer.

NASA said earlier this month that an asteroid that at one point had a 4% chance of hitting the moon will miss the lunar object in 2032.

NASA is tracking a bus-sized asteroid approaching Earth on March 13, 2026. Get the latest 2026 EG1 flyby stats here.

The mission without a doubt proves that we could deflect a hazardous asteroid away from Earth — so long as we discover it in ...

NASA's DART mission didn’t just change the orbit of Dimorphos, the asteroid it hit. It changed the orbit of the larger ...

Findings support kinetic impact technique for planetary defense.

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

NASA’s NEO Surveyor telescope will launch in 2027 to find dangerous asteroids that current telescopes miss, strengthening planetary defense.

An asteroid the size of a building could collide with the Moon in 2032 and generate a flash visible from Earth.

An asteroid, previously used by NASA for a planetary defence test, has been successfully shifted onto a slightly altered path around the sun, scientists reported on Friday. This landmark achievement ...

New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope confirm asteroid 2024 YR4 will not hit the moon in 2032.

A two-hour launch window opens Thursday at 7:05 p.m. for the Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission aboard a United Launch Alliance ...