When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. (Main) An image of the asteroid Ryugu as seen by the Japanese mission Hayabusa2 (Top right) a ...

A rock retrieved from a near-Earth asteroid is crawling with microbial life, scientists have discovered. But the bacteria on its surface almost certainly came from Earth. The sample is part of a ...

Imagine that, for billions of years, you're a grain of material unbothered on asteroid Ryugu. All of a sudden, a spacecraft ...

We are making good progress towards going to the Moon and Mars. We are building new spacecraft, bringing astronauts to the International Space Station for extended stays and sending robots to Mars. To ...

Samples taken from the space-returned piece of asteroid Ryugu were collected and prepared under strict anti-contamination controls. Inside the cleanest of clean rooms, a tiny particle was collected ...

Scientists have long known that humans don’t travel to space alone. Every astronaut carries trillions of microbes, including bacteria, with them, some beneficial, some potentially dangerous. But how ...

Microbes are everywhere on Earth. If a place can harbor life, there are probably microbes there. This includes the frozen lakes of Antarctica, the intensely hot springs of Yellowstone, and the human ...

Groundbreaking estuary study by Dr. Chuanqiao Zhou of Institute of Science Tokyo and Dr. Fei He of Nanjing Institute of Environment Sciences reveals the hidden dance between terrestrial pollution, ...

Future interplanetary explorers beware: Hitchhiking bacteria brought to Mars on human bodies might not only survive the harsh conditions on the Red Planet’s surface but also potentially thrive. Recent ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...