Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

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

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

An asteroid the size of a building could collide with the Moon in 2032 and generate a flash visible from Earth.

Learn how bacteria survived a simulated asteroid impact and could travel between planets on asteroid debris.

The celestial body known as asteroid 2024 YR4 is on a collision course with the moon, with an expected impact date in 2032. As the clock ticks, scientists are considering a drastic measure to ...

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

For the first time ever, scientists have uncovered a vast field of tektites in Brazil — mysterious glassy fragments forged when a powerful extraterrestrial object slammed into Earth about 6.3 million ...

Following a major agency-wide overhaul recently announced at the Kennedy Space Center, NASA plans to launch four Artemis ...