In How to Kill an Asteroid, Robin George Andrews looks at the successes and shortcomings of planetary defense.

Although they happen very infrequently, natural disasters of this sort can have catastrophic effects. On 15 February 2013, for example, over 1000 people were injured when a small asteroid, measuring ...

The official document, published by NASA and the US government, says asteroid disaster management plans 'are not defined'. There's also 'limited readiness' to implement space missions that could ...

Every year, over 3,000 near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) are found by NASA's survey telescopes. With the use of more powerful and ...

Earth is bidding farewell to a tiny asteroid that joined its orbit for nearly two months. The asteroid, known as 2024 PT5, is set to be drawn away from Earth by the powerful pull of the sun on Monday.

Asteroid expert Gretchen Benedix looks at nine asteroid disasters from movies and TV and rates them based on realism. She looks at "Armageddon" (1998), "Greenland" (2020), "Deep Impact" (1998 ...

Disaster-averting techniques are already being tested, like giving asteroids a bump to change their trajectory, as NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission did successfully in 2022.

For an asteroid to actually destroy life on Earth ... "But it does have the potential to be the most devastating natural disaster known to man," explains Johnson. And, it's only a matter of ...

From nuclear strikes to giant spikes, discover the systems in place to prevent a collision and test your decision-making to see if you could avoid a catastrophic impact ...

ESA's Hera spacecraft as it would look in space. Dimorphos is a small moonlet that orbits the bigger asteroid Didymos. In 2022, NASA rammed a spacecraft into Dimorphos to see if it could change ...

Averting an asteroid strike will need many of the same skills we must hone to tackle climate change and future pandemics ...