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

Hearty bacteria in a lab survived pressures comparable to an asteroid strike on the red planet, suggesting a hypothetical scenario in which our planet was seeded with life.

The next asteroid won’t come with a warning siren. What happens after it’s discovered could determine everything.

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 ...

Asteroid 2026 CU1 will sweep past Earth this week at high speed, close enough to attract attention yet deemed safe, raising ...

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

Here’s what scientists hope human eyes in orbit can spot that decades of missions and instruments still haven’t fully ...

How big would a telescope need to be to see Earth’s dinosaurs from 66 million light-years away? Think big—and then think ...

On 14 February 2026, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, Kelly Fast presented data on a persistent gap in planetary defense capabilities.

A car sized asteroid can sound like a cliffhanger, yet the real tension lives in the math. NASA’s trackers list 2026 CR2 for a close pass on Feb. 17, 2026, moving about 12,616 miles per hour, with an ...

Scientists classify asteroids measuring 140 metres or more as "city-killers" because of the scale of destruction they can unleash ...

A NASA planetary defense officer warns thousands of near-Earth asteroids capable of destroying a city remain undetected.