A meteor explosion over Cleveland, Ohio, on 17 March 2026, went undetected by NASA, raising questions about the limits of ...

Some of the most important asteroid searches are done at exactly the time of night when satellite trails are hardest to avoid ...

NASA’s NEO Surveyor telescope will launch in 2027 to find dangerous asteroids that current telescopes miss, strengthening planetary defense.

NASA warns that more than 15,000 asteroids capable of destroying cities remain undetected and that Earth has no defense against impact.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory reports that the near-Earth asteroid 2021 ER will approach Earth on Friday for a safe yet close flyby. The asteroid is roughly 44 feet wide, which equals the ...

JWST imaged 2024 YR4 in late March, making it the smallest object the telescope had imaged to date. The data its instruments collected indicate that based on the amount of heat it gives off, 2024 YR4 ...

Baseline Recommendation: Support research programs for interpreting the spectra of near-Earth objects (NEOs), continue and coordinate currently supported surveys to discover and determine the orbits ...

Spread the loveOn March 18, 2026, Earth will experience a close encounter with a sizable asteroid known as 2026 FB. This celestial body, measuring approximately 69 feet (21 meters) in diameter, is ...

NASA’s Vigilance on Near-Earth Objects On March 16, 2026, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is set to monitor three significant asteroids that will make close passes to Earth. While the term ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...