A popular theme in the movies is that of an incoming asteroid that could extinguish life on the planet, and our heroes are launched into space to blow it up. But incoming asteroids... Read more
Following a key program review, NASA approved the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) to proceed to the next phase of design and development for the mission’s robotic segment. ARM is a... Read more
June 30 is Asteroid Day, a global awareness effort to promote asteroids and discussion around what can be done to protect our planet from impacts, but there may be a more likely na... Read more
A software application based on an algorithm created by a NASA challenge has the potential to increase the number of new asteroid discoveries by amateur astronomers. Analysis of im... 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