NASA has created a contingency plan to protect Earth from large asteroids, which includes the use of nuclear explosions as a ...

Researchers from the University of Maryland used the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) telescope to study the Taurid swarm.

The Taurid asteroids, also known as the Taurid swarm, are a group is asteroids hypothesized to be leftovers chunks from the ...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The end of the world won’t come from a swarm of deadly asteroid strikes, a new study explains.

ESA's Hera spacecraft captured farewell views of Earth and the moon as it sails away into space to investigate the asteroid ...

A follow-up mission to DART, Hera will travel to a binary asteroid to observe the aftermath of NASA's wildly successful ...

Astronomers have good news about potentially hazardous asteroids lurking near our planet: There aren't as many as we thought.

The plan: Spacecraft armies or nukes? While there is no immediate asteroid threat, Nasa is preparing for worst-case scenarios. One option involves sending a "1,000-strong army" of spacecraft to ...

there is always a requirement to confirm that planetary defense systems are ready for the real asteroid threat when scientists continue to collect data from the Hera mission. Consequently, the Hera ...

Hera will be beginning a two-year journey past Mars and out to the asteroid belt where it will help us understand how to ...

Scientists traced 70% of meteorites to three asteroid families. This discovery solves a mystery about meteorite origins.