A study proposes two nuclear asteroid defense modes, comparing direct impact detonation with a new flyby pre-excavation ...

The Earth revolves in a cosmic system which is surrounded by billions of asteroids often referred to as ‘fossils’ of our ...

Scientists from the China National Space Administration outlined a plan to directly change an asteroid’s trajectory relative ...

The spacecraft will strike its target at around 9 kilometres per second, making it one of the fastest asteroid impact missions ever attempted. The mission, led by the China Nation ...

China is set to launch a bold plan, aiming to protect the Earth from potentially disastrous space rocks. The mission includes ...

Artistic depiction of a potential asteroid impact. Sometime before the end of the decade, a Chinese spacecraft could race toward a small asteroid at roughly nine kilometres per second (about 20,000 ...

Chicxulub asteroid type identified: a new Science Advances paper concludes the dinosaur-killing impactor was a CO chondrite — ...

Stay calm, doomsday preppers. We (probably) won’t be around to see it.

A new study examines buried nuclear detonations to deflect dangerous asteroids, using craters to transfer energy and alter their trajectories over time and space. The research explores a scenario in ...

Scientists in China say a nuclear explosion could be the most effective way to stop a large asteroid—and they may have identified the best strategy for making it work. A recent study published in ...

A Chinese spacecraft has captured the first image of the asteroid Kamo‘oalewa. By Robin George Andrews See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra cobertura en los ...