A biologist specializing in invasive species has partnered with a former Pentagon strategist in pushing NASA to construct a ...

Scientists propose building a lab on the moon to screen Mars and other space samples for alien microbes before they ever ...

Researchers propose turning a future NASA moon base into a quarantine station that would screen space samples before they ever reach Earth.

Researchers have looked at how particular microbes from Earth would fare in conditions like those of Mars, the moon, and the ...

NASA's Artemis moon program differs from Apollo in many ways, including the attitudes of its astronauts.

Scientists propose a simple but powerful new method for detecting traces of alien biology, whether on Jupiter's icy moons, in ...

A spent SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage is set to impact the moon this August, but experts aren't sure if the crash will be ...

The recent discovery of an enigmatic substance on the surfaces of both Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, and Pluto, our solar ...

A NASA astronaut preparing for a grueling eight-month stint in orbit reveals a plan to test for extraterrestrial life.

Based on evidence collected by the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have found that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS could ...

Tommaso Zaccaria, a researcher at Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands, has found that terrestrial ...

The Exploration Rover for Navigating Extreme Sloped Terrain (ERNEST) test rover has been put through its paces with great ...