This week's EarthTalk article from Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss.

Tiny life forms tucked into debris from an asteroid hit could catapult to other planets—including Earth—and survive, a new Johns Hopkins University study finds. The work demonstrates that a certain ...

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Stargazers have the chance to see six planets ...

Tardigrades, commonly known as water bears, may be better suited by a new name: Tardiguardians of the Galaxy. Unlike the fictional ragtag team of unenthusiastic heroes, the microscopic animals are ...

Uranus and Neptune will also be on the scene, too dim to see with the naked eye. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space ...

Stargazers this month will get to see not just two or three, but six planets in alignment across the night sky. This “planetary parade” consisting of Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus, and ...

Spacecraft are assembled in specialized “cleanrooms” that are designed to avoid contamination from dust and microorganisms. But bacteria called extremophiles have genetic components that allow them to ...

It’s a practice run for armageddon. With 3I/ATLAS days away from making its closest approach to Earth, agencies worldwide are conducting the largest and most extensive planetary defense drill — with ...

3I/ATLAS: Europe has activated its largest planetary defence drill ever in response to the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, which is currently moving through the solar system. The drill, involving ...

Sending astronauts to the red planet will be a decades-long activity and cost many billions of dollars. So why should NASA undertake such a bold mission? A new report published Tuesday, titled “A ...

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