Asteroid 2024 YR4's potential lunar impact in 2032 has prompted renewed consideration of nuclear disruption as a planetary ...

An asteroid has the possibility of hitting the moon in the future, and one of scientists' solutions is launching a nuclear weapon at the rogue rock. Yes, sort of like the movie, "Armageddon." "The ...

Have you heard about Asteroid Apophis? It's like the rockstar of space—cool name, big impact! This bad boy has been causing a ...

A plan by a team of scientists suggests using nuclear explosive devices to prevent an asteroid, 2024 YR4, from striking the moon in 2032.

A UN-endorsed group focused on planetary defense has locked onto 3I/ATLAS as the mysterious interstellar visitor fuels alien ...

A group of scientists including some NASA researchers have proposed a plan to send nuclear explosives to destroy asteroid 2024 YR4. Space Beat host Rob Landers and space trends reporter Eric Lagatta ...

Let's bomb space: First discovered in December 2024, asteroid 2024 YR4 is drawing growing attention from the international space community. Scientists are now exploring options to address this ...

The DART experiment did not just change the orbit of a harmless asteroid. It marked the beginning of a practical strategy to protect Earth. LICIACube’s images gave the world its first close-up view of ...

Depending on where you smack a planet-threatening asteroid, it might ricochet back to Earth. Smacking a planet-threatening asteroid comes with big responsibility. If we slam an impactor into an ...

Scientists reveal how the DART mission asteroid impact blasted 35 million pounds of debris and changed Dimorphos’ orbit. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) When engineers at a control center in Turin, Italy, sent ...