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

Scientists uncovered a vast field of tektites in Brazil—a rare type of natural glass forged in the aftermath of meteorite ...

Scientists tested whether microbes can survive the shock of a planetary impact and found some may endure the violent launch into space.

Scientists tested whether microbes can survive the shock of a planetary impact and found some may endure the violent launch into space.

A study by scientists from Johns Hopkins University has shown that microbes trapped in asteroid debris can migrate to other planets, including Earth, and survive. This was reported on March 3 by the ...

Asteroid impacts may catapult life from one planet to another, as new research claims that hardy bacteria can survive the ...