The researchers believe the geraisites’ crater may lie in the São Francisco Craton, a region in the eastern part of South America’s continental crust. Future surveys are needed in order to detect ...

Helium-3 dating reveals new plankton species emerged within thousands—and sometimes just 2,000—years after the dinosaur-killing impact, showing life recovered far faster than assumed.

Microbes blasted off a planet by an asteroid strike may survive the journey to another world, including Earth, according to a ...

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

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.

The newly found tektites in Brazil are named "geraisites," after the east coast Brazilian state of Minas Gerais where they were found. The geraisites are between 1 gram and 86 grams in mass and have ...

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 ...

Wil Wheaton starred in a loose adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's The Colour Out of Space, and you can stream it on Prime Video ...

Fossils reveal how birds survived the killer asteroid and became today’s only living dinosaurs. Why are birds the only dinosaurs still alive today? Rare fossil discoveries are revealing the secrets of ...

On February 15, 2013, a small asteroid exploded over the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] The shock wave from this explosion damaged thousands of ...

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.

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? For life to take hold on Earth, it needed a suite of chemical compounds, or seed sets ...