See asteroid Dimorphos, pre- and post-impact, in this time-lapse of Hubble Space Telescope imagery. The space rock was ...

When NASA’s DART spacecraft deliberately crashed into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos, it did more than change the asteroid’s local orbit — it slightly shifted the path of the entire asteroid ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. NASA is monitoring an asteroid that will be at a "very rare" close ...

An asteroid the size of three football fields will pass near Earth in three years, giving scientists a rare chance to study a colossal space rock from close range. Named Apophis — after the ancient ...

New data suggest that the asteroid will pass the moon at a distance of 13,200 miles. NASA / JPL Center for Near-Earth Object Studies Our lunar companion won’t get smacked by the infamous ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Estimated to measure some 41 feet across, the asteroid known as “2025 ...

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? Subscribe to ...