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 ...

Astrolab and Interlune plan to undertake prototype testing of a mobile harvester in Houston, where there is a new commercial ...

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 ...

A meteorite chip sat in a small container, bathed in liquid, while the International Space Station floated overhead. Inside, ...

According to Space.com and Cornell University, NASA astronauts conducted a microbe-based meteorite mining experiment aboard the International Space Station to study mineral extraction in microgravity.

Microorganisms aboard the International Space Station have extracted dozens of metals from actual asteroid fragments, a result that strengthens the case for biology-driven mining on the Moon, Mars, ...

Using microorganisms to mine meteorites could be an effective way to extract precious metals in space, scientists say. This ...

An experiment on board the ISS tested the use of microorganisms to mine asteroids in the microgravity environment.

While the technology still needs significant work, a new analysis of meteorites points to valuable targets in the solar ...

NASA is currently tracking a car-sized asteroid set to zip past the Earth tomorrow, February 17, at a whopping 12,616 miles per hour. The space rock, 2026 CR2, is estimated to be about 9.7 feet across ...

The colonisation of Mars has long been a human dream. But as Scott Solomon explains in Becoming Martian, it would be a hellish project ...