Extremophile Bacteria May Hitch Rides on Asteroid Fragments
Earlier work has demonstrated that an extremophile bacterium species called Deinococcus radiodurans can survive the radiation, cold, and…
Fungi on International Space Station Show Surprising Metal Extraction Skills
As human space exploration pushes farther from Earth, the need for sustainable ways to obtain local resources is…
Space station experiment shows microbes extract metals from meteorites
Microbes could be the future space miners, helping humans survive on long-term missions by extracting mineral resources from…
New Lunar Regolith Analysis Challenges Meteorite-Water Theory
Planetary scientists analyzing oxygen isotopes in lunar soil from the Apollo mission sites conclude that meteorite bombardment over…
Scientists Find Extraterrestrial Bio-Essential Sugars in Samples from Asteroid Bennu
A team of researchers from the United States and Japan has analyzed an extract from a sample of…
Asteroid 433 Eros will pass close to Earth, and you can watch it live
Many events occur in space, allowing scientists and astronomers to observe them in different ways. But tonight, an…
NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX probe has captured striking images of Earth and the Moon
NASA has conducted various missions to study many structures in our universe. Whether black holes, galaxies, or exoplanets,…
Astronomers catalogue 40,000th near-Earth asteroid as surge
The European Space Agency (ESA) announced Thursday that astronomers have officially catalogued the 40,000th near-Earth asteroid (NEA), a…
Well-Preserved Impact Crater Discovered in China
Researchers have discovered an impact crater formed on a granite mountain capped by a thick weathering crust in…
Two asteroid impacts on the Moon filmed by an amateur astronomer
An image showing the Moon and its various asteroid impacts. (Image source: Gunboat_Willie – Pixabay) A Japanese astronomer…
Earth Now Has “Two Moons” Until 2083, NASA Confirms
Photo: Stephen Rahn via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) NASA has confirmed that a little asteroid named 2025 PN7…
Beyond the Moon: A closer look at Earth’s quiet asteroid companions |
For years, scientists have known that Earth shares its orbit with a small group of space rocks known…