Tiny life forms tucked into debris from an asteroid hit could catapult to other planets—including Earth—and survive, a new ...

NASA has severe penalties for those who dare to deal in astromaterials.

When we eventually mine asteroids, humans and robots will not leave unprotected microbes on the surface. Instead, machines ...

Asteroid mining companies are finally getting off the ground, and that is raising some concerns about the impact those activities will have on the space environment. A new paper published in Acta ...