A small asteroid named 2024 PN7 is moving close to Earth, sparking false claims about a second moon — here’s what scientists ...

A paper from several NASA scientists and other researchers explores whether an asteroid with a 4% chance of hitting the moon ...

If asteroid 2024 YR4 hits the Moon, it could launch dust and small rocks into space, creating micrometeoroid debris in low Earth orbit.

In a plan ripped straight from the script of the 1998 movie "Armageddon," scientists have suggested a simple, if violent, method of dealing with a troublesome asteroid. Just nuke it. But in this case, ...

NASA could soon trial a new defence strategy to prevent a giant asteroid hurtling towards the Moon and posing a huge risk to astronauts. It comes after NASA intentionally used a spacecraft to bump ...

NASA said on Monday it was opening the marquee U.S. moon landing contract to other bidders because Elon Musk's SpaceX has ...

During an interview with CNBC’s Joe Kernen on Squawk Box Monday morning, Duffy said NASA will reopen a contract to build the ...

Calls for the US to land astronauts back on the moon before China have been increasingly loud and frequent. But it all hinges ...

A team of researchers has put forth the idea of launching nuclear devices at asteroid 2024 YR4 with a chance of hitting the moon in 2032.

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Such a cosmic ...