Nuclear devices generate massive amounts of X-rays. A new experiment suggests that might be enough to divert a killer ...

Earth has a new “mini- moon ” after an asteroid has joined our orbit. The object, known as 2024 PT5, has been chasing after ...

There's a new moon on the horizon. The Earth will gain a second, mini-moon on Sept. 29, but it won't stick around too long.

A school-bus-sized asteroid is expected to spend about two months orbiting Earth as a "mini moon" as it gets temporarily ...

A laboratory experiment conducted by an international team of researchers has confirmed that the X-rays emitted by a suitably ...

When asteroid samples dropped to the Utah desert in 2023, it was go time for NASA's dedicated curation team.

Exploding a nuclear bomb above a huge asteroid could vaporize its surface using X-rays, pushing the space rock away from ...

A blast of X-rays from a nuclear explosion should be enough to save Earth from an incoming asteroid, according to the results ...

A recent lab experiment suggests we could deflect an incoming asteroid by heating its surface and letting the jets of ...

To assess whether this technique could actually deflect an asteroid heading toward Earth, the team fed their experimental ...

Scientists in the US have concluded that dangerous asteroids could be redirected by detonating a nuclear warhead at a ...

The old joke about the dinosaurs going extinct because they didn't have a space program may be overselling the need for one.