Two scientists want NASA to build a quarantine lab for alien germs on the Moon, rather than on Earth. The pair, ...

The best way to find alien technosignatures is to look for ones that have long survived their creators, according to a new ...

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 ...

Space exploration was a major theme of a state House hearing on Tuesday, even as the budget deadline looms over lawmakers.

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

The curious minds at What If explore what would happen if we found life on Jupiter's moon Europa.

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

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

Space: 1999 may have offered audiences a glimpse into the future, but its premise was rooted in the past — specifically, in a ...

Every second, hypervelocity collisions may be blasting tiny flecks of Earth into space. Some of those grains, small enough to ...

A biocontainment facility designed to protect Earth from potentially hazardous biotic contaminants from space should be part ...