A new spacecraft concept called NOVA could keep asteroids from hitting our planet by using a huge magnet to gradually pull ...

Scientists in Albuquerque, New Mexico, say potentially dangerous asteroids could possibly be deflected by exploding a nuclear warhead more than a mile from its surface and showering it with X-rays to ...

Asteroids sometimes exhibit unexpected behaviors. Recent images show that some of them gently exchange fragments in a slow ...

Remember when Japan sent a spacecraft to an asteroid 180 million miles away to scoop some dirt off the surface? Six years on ...

The NASA DART spacecraft shifted the orbits of two asteroids around the sun after intentionally crashing into one of them.

Scientists studying asteroids found that two seemingly unrelated types share a strange dusty coating of troilite. By using polarization of light instead of traditional spectra, they uncovered evidence ...

Scientists are digging into the hidden makeup of carbon-rich asteroids to see whether they could one day fuel space exploration—or even be mined for valuable resources. By analyzing rare meteorites ...

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. — As summer approaches, many teens are headed to the beach, but a select group of students from across the globe are aiming much higher: toward the stars. Georgia College & State ...

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