See asteroid Dimorphous, pre- and post-impact, in this time-lapse of Hubble Space Telescope imagery. The space rock was impacted by NASA DART mission. Credit: SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, STScI, Jian-Yang Li ...

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...

Using microorganisms to mine meteorites could be an effective way to extract precious metals in space, scientists say. This ...

According to Space.com and Cornell University, NASA astronauts conducted a microbe-based meteorite mining experiment aboard the International Space Station to study mineral extraction in microgravity.

The universe might have far more amino acids lying around than we realized, which gives life itself far more chances to begin ...

A NASA planetary defense officer warns thousands of near-Earth asteroids capable of destroying a city remain undetected.

NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered some of the largest organic molecules ever detected on Mars, and scientists say ordinary geology may not fully explain them.

NASA warns 15,000 mid-sized "city-killer" asteroids remain undetected. DART proved asteroid deflection possible, but no ...

Two NASA scientists claim Earth is at risk from over 25,000 unknown asteroids that are yet to be discovered. If one of them moves towards the planet, no amount of preparation or a mission like DART ...

Scientists discussed the threat of asteroids at a recent conference in Phoenix. Here's what they said.

NASA scientists recently expressed alarm over the potential threat posed by approximately 15,000 undetected asteroids capable ...