Scientists estimate there are thousands of asteroids large enough to destroy a city near Earth. NASA is sending a telescope ...

A NASA visualization of an asteroid. (Eyes on Asteroids / NASA via SWNS) By Dean Murray A "city killer" asteroid will not smash into the moon in 2032, say space scientists. Space rock 2024 YR4 was ...

Blue Origin is teaming up with NASA to protect Earth from any asteroids that could do our planet harm. Called the Near-Earth Object Hunter mission, or NEO Hunter, the concept would build on NASA's ...

NASA has found fewer than a third of the near-Earth asteroids large enough to destroy a city, and the agency’s best tool for closing that gap will not reach space until at least 2027. The shortfall ...

A 14-foot car-sized asteroid, 2025 GL, will safely pass Earth on April 3, 2026, at 2.33 million miles away. NASA tracks its ...

The "NEO Hunter" mission would use Blue Origin's Blue Ring spacecraft to deflect space rocks. This plan builds on NASA's successful DART mission, which proved an asteroid's path could be altered.