SecDef hints at pushback, but others worry about the team's record of breaking into databases and making hasty cuts.

China is not taking the 2% chance of a large asteroid colliding with Earth in 2032 lying down. Weeks after the discovery of ...

Candidates under 35 with master’s degrees in astrophysics, aerospace science, or earth and space exploration technology are ...

In light of the threat of an asteroid collision in 2032, China has launched a recruitment campaign for a "planetary defense ...

Recruitment drive comes amid increasing focus on an asteroid with a low — but growing — likelihood of hitting earth in seven ...

U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says a return to Ukraine's pre-2014 borders is unrealistic and the Trump administration ...

On the world's first Asteroid Day, Nina Burleigh discovers that Nasa has already commissioned a team of 'planetary defenders' ...

The Trump administration's Iron Dome for America executive order is causing political ripples, but with the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) soliciting industry input on the concept, how would such a ...

The U.S. Navy has developed a directed-energy weapon that can intercept unmanned drones and possibly cruise missiles while ...

President Donald Trump has called for an expansive, next-generation missile defense shield for the mainland United States, ...

Several global planetary defence agencies were triggered when a 100-metre ... According to reports, this asteroid has a 1.3 percent chance of hitting the Earth on December 22, 2032. The asteroid is ...

A newly-discovered 100 metre wide asteroid heading towards Earth has triggered a planetary defence response group ... of a strike at slightly more than 1%. "We are not worried at all, because ...