If future Mars colonizers want to survive without pressure suits, they’ll need to generate a denser atmosphere. One way to ...

More than just dazzling streaks of light as meteors, these ancient fragments are among the oldest materials in our solar system, originating from planets, asteroids, and comets. Most meteorites ...

Finally, scientists from the University of Oxford have the answer - and say that, contrary to popular belief, Earth's water did not come from asteroids after all. Instead, the researchers believe ...

Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our understanding of the Earth's past and our future. Each year, according to Nasa ...

Unfortunately, other, much larger asteroids have the potential to be far more threatening than entertaining. "Asteroids come in all sizes," says Michael Küppers, a planetary scientist for the ...

For decades, scientists believed Earth got its water from asteroids smashing into it billions of years ago. But a shocking new discovery by scientists at the University of Oxford had turned that ...

There is a nonzero chance that somewhere in the nearby solar system is a rock that might kill us all. This stony assassin may well be orbiting the sun at this very moment, careening down a ...

Asteroid mining firms say mining for minerals on asteroids is just around the corner now, but not everyone is convinced (Credit: Getty Images) As an asteroid mining start-up's latest mission goes ...

Of all the asteroids that become meteoroids by striking Earth's surface, only 4% contain abundant carbon. But scientists know carbon-rich asteroids are commonplace in the cosmos—they just don't ...

Panspermia is a theory that the building blocks of life exist throughout the galaxy and only need to find a fertile environment to grow (i.e. microbe-carrying asteroids traveling crashing on Earth ...