Some bacteria can take a punch that would crush a submarine. In a new set of impact tests, one desert microbe, Deinococcus ...

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 ...

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 ...

For the first time ever, scientists have uncovered a vast field of tektites in Brazil — mysterious glassy fragments forged when a powerful extraterrestrial object slammed into Earth about 6.3 million ...

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

Asteroid mining offers burgeoning opportunities driven by advancements in space tech, rising space missions, and demand for rare materials. Key trends include autonomous systems, robotic extraction, ...

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

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

The curious minds at What If imagine the largest asteroid ever hitting Earth today, revealing impact devastation, shockwaves, and survival scenarios. Catherine O'Hara's cause of death revealed Jutta ...

NASA's top planetary defense expert reveals the biggest threat isn't Hollywood-style doomsday rocks, but undiscovered ...

Hardy 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.

Space agencies maintain that global cooperation and sustained investment are vital to planetary defence. While the DART ...