A remarkably hardy bacterium can survive pressures similar to those generated when asteroid impacts blast debris off Mars, a ...

Scientists demonstrated that an Earthly extremophile might withstand being ejected from the Red Planet on debris spewed into ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

A new study has provided compelling evidence that life from Mars could have arrived on Earth by hitching a ride on debris ejected during asteroid impacts. The research, led by scientists at Johns ...

Tiny life forms tucked into debris from an asteroid hit could catapult to other planets—including Earth—and survive, a new ...

In an effort to explain how life started on Earth billions of years ago, some scientists have suggested that microbes — or ...

Scientists tested whether microbes can survive the shock of a planetary impact and found some may endure the violent launch into space.

Why it matters: While not evidence of life, these discoveries show that ancient Mars had complex organic chemistry, ...

Life on Earth might not be as Earthly as we think. A recent research published in The Conversation explores a revived and compelling theory: that the earliest forms of life could have originated on ...

Learn how bacteria survived a simulated asteroid impact and could travel between planets on asteroid debris.

NASA's Curiosity rover just found bizarre nodules on giant Martian "spiderwebs." Scientists are puzzled.

A new study shows how simulated Mars dust affects tardigrades, offering insight into space farming and contamination risks.