Tiny life forms tucked into debris from an asteroid hit could catapult to other planets—including Earth—and survive, a new Johns Hopkins University study finds. The work demonstrates that a certain ...
Estimating a mass for a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) is perhaps the single most important thing to understand about ...
Microscopic crystals extracted from meteorites could help settle a debate about the birth of our patch of the Milky Way.
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 ...
While aliens in science fiction hop between planets on vast spaceships, scientists say real-life extraterrestrials might take ...
Forgot what science-fiction has told you, flying through an asteroid belt would be a major challenge for anyone.
NASA scientists have issued a sobering warning about thousands of so-called city-killing asteroids that could one day threaten Earth. While space agencies continue to monitor the skies, experts admit ...
She’s worried about the a-rock-alypse. A planetary defense expert is warning that humanity is defenseless against up to 15,000 undetected near-Earth asteroids that have the potential to take out a ...
We look ahead to a future moment when asteroid Bennu will pass dangerously close to Earth and why even small odds demand serious preparation. By following NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, we explore how ...
Parton famously turned down the chance to let Elvis record her song “I Will Always Love You” because of the demands his manager placed on the arrangement. 8. The history behind another top hit “Jolene ...
A new generation of rockets aims to unlock new business models in space, including the science fiction dream of extracting resources from asteroids. Researchers are taking a closer look at asteroids ...