New simulations reveal that the climate, atmospheric chemistry and even global photosynthesis would be dramatically disrupted by an asteroid collision ...

But real lightning would have struck infrequently—and mostly in open ocean, where organic compounds would have quickly ...

Nobody knows how life began on Earth, but some tantalizing clues from an asteroid suggest it might not have started here.

New Southwest Research Institute-led modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson may have formed about ...

Many biological molecules are chiral, meaning they exist in two forms that are mirror images of each other, like left and ...

While Bennu’s current chance of impact is only ... blocking sunlight and disrupting the planet’s energy balance. ・Global temperatures would drop by 4°C (7.2°F), leading to extreme cold ...

A spacecraft's sample return capsule was detected entering the Earth's atmosphere using acoustic sensors by a team of ...

Although NASA's Lucy spacecraft's upcoming encounter with the asteroid Donaldjohanson is primarily a mission rehearsal for ...

It was first discovered in 1999, and NASA has since calculated there is a 0.037 per cent – or one in 2,700 – chance that the asteroid will strike our planet on September 24 2182. If Bennu did ...

"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...