The discovery of an asteroid the size of a small shipping truck mere days before it passed Earth on Thursday, albeit one that posed no threat to humans, highlights a blind spot in our ability to
One major upgrade to NASA's detection arsenal will be NEO Surveyor, a $1.2 billion telescope under development that will launch nearly a million miles from Earth and surveil a wide field of asteroids
Planetary scientists attending the first major conference since NASA s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) permanently moved a space rock offered early findings about the asteroid and the impact.