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

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

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

Scientists demonstrated that an Earthly extremophile might withstand being ejected from the Red Planet on debris spewed into ...

Microbes blasted off a planet by an asteroid strike may survive the journey to ...

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 ...

Analysis of a space rock that landed on a frozen Michigan lake revealed a rich array of extraterrestrial organic compounds. Learn how the meteorite might have been incorporated into life on Earth.

This article was originally published on www.redshirtsalwaysdie.com as Star Trek: Scouts encounter a popcorn kernel asteroid!. A key hearing on Friday will determine the fate of Vergil Ortiz Jr.'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 ...

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

The massive crater is the focus of a week-long discovery event, offering unique tours, stargazing and lectures.

Johns Hopkins scientists have shown that Deinococcus radiodurans bacteria can survive the massive pressures of an asteroid ...