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

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

The City of Wetumpka embraces one of the most unique pieces of its history this week. The town celebrates Alabama Impact ...

After decades of debate, researchers say that they have found the clearest evidence yet for this rare form of carbon.

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.

There are only a few known fields of tektites in the entire world, and scientists just found another in Brazil.

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

A famously resilient bacterium may be tough enough to survive one of the most violent events imaginable on Mars. In ...

A super-tough microbe may be able to survive being blasted from Mars into space—opening the door to interplanetary life ...

The extremophile bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans can survive the pressures developed during ejection from Mars as a result of massive asteroid impact. According to the authors, microorganisms can ...

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 ...

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