Prof Fitzsimmons said while most large asteroids have now been discovered by astronomers, there is still a risk to Earth from ...

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In September 2022, the Nasa Dart mission hit the small asteroid moon Dimorphos and changed its trajectory, as the first test of “kinetic impactor” technology designed to deflect asteroids.

Sometimes, it's hard to remember that Earth is constantly being bombarded by literally tons of space debris daily. The larger ...

This advancement could provide crucial early warnings about incoming asteroids, allowing for timely intervention or acceptance of our fate.

An asteroid around the size of a refrigerator was spotted hours before it hit Earth’s atmosphere, and while it wasn’t dangerous, it marked the fifth time in history an asteroid was detected ...

The asteroid, named 2025 AB, is expected to pass us at a distance of 95,200 miles, about twice as close as the orbit of the ...