When it comes to sending humans back to the moon, knowing how to work with the regolith that coats the ground will be make-or-break. Phil Metzger is studying how to mitigate its dangers and use it as ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

While the asteroid threat remains low, experts agree that global cooperation will be essential in addressing potential future ...

An asteroid that could level a city now has a 3.1 percent chance of striking Earth in 2032, according to NASA data released ...

In this episode of The Conversation Weekly, we speak with two people – a planetary scientist who studies the geology of the Moon, and a space lawyer who studies space policy and geopolitics – about ...