A study by scientists from Johns Hopkins University has shown that microbes trapped in asteroid debris can migrate to other planets, including Earth, and survive. This was reported on March 3 by the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed our lunar companion is safe for now from an asteroid impact.

Earthlings aren't the only ones safe from a city-wrecking-size asteroid. Future lunar inhabitants won't have to worry about a ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system. Better known as Deinococcus radiodurans, this microbe is arguably the ...

A super-tough microbe may be able to survive being blasted from Mars into space—opening the door to interplanetary life ...

Helium-3 dating reveals new plankton species emerged within thousands—and sometimes just 2,000—years after the dinosaur-killing impact, showing life recovered far faster than assumed.

Scientists gathered in a conference earlier this year in an effort to solve the issue of satellite streaks ruining a powerful ...

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

Discovery Channel's 120 Hours Behind Bars reality series premiered Jan. 19. Discovery's "120 Hours Behind Bars" filmed at the Hamilton corrections facility for the new reality series. Discovery’s ...

The dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid, but does that mean we risk suffering the same fate - and should you be worried about the possibility? Leah Crane sets the matter straight ...

Astronomers who have debated why these globular icy objects look the way they do finally have an answer ...