NASA flags an asteroid, the odds shift, and better tracking usually turns worry into a clean miss. The system improves each ...

NASA’s latest alert about a near‑Earth asteroid has revived a familiar mix of anxiety and curiosity about what would happen ...

Scientists are tracking an object heading toward earth that could enter the planet’s orbit, and they are not entirely sure what it is. The object, named Asteroid 2020 SO, is believed to be man made ...

The John J. McCarthy Observatory - run by volunteers on the grounds of New Milford High School - has been watching the night sky for 25 years.

The space rock is hurtling through our cosmic backyard at a zippy 26,200 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

PHILADELPHIA -- An asteroid named for the Egyptian god of chaos and darkness won't be wreaking any havoc on Earth -- at least not this century. That's the good news from NASA's Center for Near-Earth ...

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb claims humanity missed a historic chance to find alien life on interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, warning it may have been a spacecraft on a seeding mission.

At this point in history, astronomers and engineers who grew up watching "Deep Impact" and "Armageddon," two movies about the destructive power of asteroid impacts, are likely in relatively high ...

Two large asteroids will safely pass Earth this week, a rare occurrence perfectly timed to commemorate this year's Asteroid Day.