On its way to Didymos and Dimorphos, Hera has found time to test its cameras in preparation for the big moment.

The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

In the new study, researchers set out to calculate just how likely it is that an asteroid could hit Earth during the average ...

Learn about the plane-sized asteroid that will pass by Earth the week of July 28, 2025, and find out how astronauts can track asteroids across space.

NASA made history by deliberately smashing a spacecraft into a large asteroid, altering its course and demonstrating humankind’s ability to protect our planet from "potentially hazardous" space rocks ...

NASA experts explain why a passing asteroid isn't cause for concern, while revealing how often Earth encounters space rocks ...

The observatory is expected to detect over 127,000 near-Earth objects, more than triple the current tally, and to identify over 70% of all potentially hazardous asteroids larger than 140 meters.