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

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

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

Microbes blasted off a planet by an asteroid strike may survive the journey to ...

What happens if an asteroid the size of a 15-story building crashes into the Moon in 2032?

"For asteroids of the size scale relevant to planetary defense (i.e., ∼50-500 m), the mass can only be directly measured ...

The celestial body known as asteroid 2024 YR4 is on a collision course with the moon, with an expected impact date in 2032. As the clock ticks, scientists are considering a drastic measure to prevent ...

More than 50,000 years ago, a meteor hit Earth and formed what we now call Meteor Crater in northern Arizona. But new ...

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.

If you ever lie awake at night wondering just how likely you are to die from an asteroid impact within your lifetime, a new paper has you covered. A team led by physicist Carrie Nugent of the Olin ...