China is targeting a small non-threatening near-Earth asteroid for a daring attempt to run into it at high speeds and move it off its course. The Chinese asteroid deflection test could happen as early ...

If an asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, can humanity be saved not with a bang, but with a nudge? NASA is poised to investigate just that with a first-of-its-kind mission to deflect an asteroid by ...

LIVERMORE, Calif. (BCN) — Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore played a role in NASA’s successful mission to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid Monday. The mission known ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EAST LANSING — Scientists may be one step closer to being able to protect Earth from objects on a collision course, and Michigan ...

HELSINKI — China has set its sights on near-Earth object 202 PN1 as the target for a combined asteroid deflection and observation test mission due to launch in 2026. The new details of the near-Earth ...

Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore played a role in NASA's successful mission to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid Monday. The mission known as the Double Asteroid ...