Nuclear missiles, the DART mission and space lasers have been floated as potential solutions to the YR4 asteroid.

A photographer on Earth has captured an incredible telescope image of NASA astronaut Suni Williams outside of the ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

The measure could be taken to divert a space rock being monitored by the European Space Agency, which is expected to cross ...

As that description notes, the WorldView Legion spacecraft are capable of resolving features as small as 12 inches (30 ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.

As the cases of SpaceX's Starlink satellite falling from space rise, scientists are concerned over its environmental impact ...

Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth could pose an increased threat of striking aircraft as it falls from space, according to new research.

In fact, the discovery actually supports a key part of the theory about how chorus waves work. Using data from the Magnetospheric Multiscalar satellites, Liu and colleagues measured the distribution ...

A space law expert has said Elon Musk could be in deep trouble his personal Tesla car crashed back into the planet.

The call today is for binding rules to protect the orbits of Earth, Moon, and Mars from space debris contamination. Initiatives need to be formulated for effective, sustainable, and equitable ...