On Oct. 12 EDT (Oct. 11 PDT), a small asteroid designated 2012 TC4 will safely pass by Earth at a distance of approximately 26,000 miles (42,000 kilometers). This is a little over... Read more
Earth is not prepared for the threat of hazardous rocks from space, say astronauts who helped formulate the U.N. measures When a meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia in Februar... Read more
One solution would be to launch a relatively solid space probe designed to hit the asteroid at high speed It sounds like the script for a Hollywood film: a giant meteorite from out... Read more
A space-based laser system proposed to NASA by University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) researchers could be a cost-effective way to nudge small asteroids away from a collision co... Read more
The purpose of the initiative is to gather more information on asteroids for mining NASA has released new concept images and animations outlining one version of its plan to capture... Read more
NASA announced Tuesday a Grand Challenge focused on finding all asteroid threats to human populations and knowing what to do about them. The challenge, which was announced at an as... Read more
“The foundation of the asteroid grand challenge is partnerships like this one,” NASA and Planetary Resources Inc., of Bellevue, Wash., are partnering to develop crowd-s... Read more
