Near Earth asteroid : Science World Report

Jan 10, 2017 03:28 AM EST

Lucy Will Be Ready By 2021; NASA's Discovery Program To Study The Trojan Asteroids

NASA's Discovery Program is back in full force.

Dec 15, 2016 02:43 AM EST

End Of The World: Comets Pose A Threat To Earth, Too

Scientists have focused more on asteroids over the past years but comets pose threats to Earth as well.

Dec 08, 2016 03:10 AM EST

Smallest Near-Earth Object On Space Fully Studied By Arizona Astronomers

2015 TC25 is the smallest near-Earth object fully studied by Arizona astronomers.

Nov 25, 2016 02:48 AM EST

Scout: NASA’s Intruder Alert System Discovers Massive Rock Close Enough To Earth

A newly designed NASA's tool named Scout helps detect dangerous asteroids before they hit the Earth.

Sep 08, 2016 07:19 AM EDT

NASA Set To Launch Groundbreaking First Mission To Near Earth Asteroid

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is all set to take off on Thursday for the groundbreaking asteroid Bennu mission.

Feb 22, 2016 08:28 AM EST

100-Foot Asteroid to Pass Near Earth in Just Two Weeks, But Won't Collide

An asteroid is expected to make a close approach to Earth in just two weeks. Don't worry, though; scientists have found that there's no chance that it will impact Earth

Feb 18, 2016 08:32 AM EST

Near-Earth Asteroids are Spectacularly Destroyed Before Reaching the Sun

Some strange asteroid observations may just be explained by their destruction.

Dec 16, 2015 10:05 AM EST

Asteroid Will Pass Earth On Christmas Eve

A large asteroid known as 2003 SD220 will pass by the earth-moon system on Christmas Eve at a safe distance of 6,787,600 miles, astronomers announced.

Nov 04, 2015 10:21 AM EST

Halloween Asteroid Photos Reveal Its Strange Surface Features

Scientists have captured the highest-resolution radar images yet of an asteroid that flew by Earth on Halloween. The new images reveal a bit more information about the surface features of the asteroid.

Oct 07, 2015 02:30 PM EDT

Asteroid Mining May be More Feasible with New Optical Mining Technique

Is asteroid mining possible? SpaceX may just make the endeavor actually feasible.

Oct 07, 2015 06:59 AM EDT

NASA's Plan to Redirect Dangerous Asteroids from Earth

Scientists are planning on redirecting an asteroid near the moon in the 2020s in order to find out how best to deflect asteroids that may impede a course to the Red Planet in the 2030s.

Aug 20, 2015 10:36 AM EDT

NASA Announces No Asteroid is Scheduled to Collide with Earth in September

Recently, many blogs and web postings have claimed that an asteroid will impact Earth at some point between Sept. 15 and Sept. 18. Fortunately for Earthlings everywhere, though, this isn't true.