Scientists are calling for a lunar quarantine facility where samples from Mars, the Moon, and beyond would be examined before being brought to Earth. They warn that even a tiny alien microorganism ...

Somewhere out there, a planet roughly the size of Earth may be orbiting a distant star in conditions that could support life.

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 ...

The “Act Two” update for first-person “clean ’em up adventure” and immersive simulation game Ambrosia Sky will launch on August 6, developer Soft Rains announced. “Act Two” follows the successful ...

"Decades of research on invasive species have demonstrated how an organism introduced to the wrong place at the wrong time can spread uncontrollably with potentially devastating and irreversible ...

A shell that protected the Perseverance rover during its descent to Mars in a clean room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA / JPL-Caltech As scientists search for life beyond Earth, spacecraft ...

Keeping Mars free from Earth life is one of the most important rules in space exploration. If microbes from our planet were to survive the journey, they could interfere with experiments or even mimic ...

Have we been visited by extraterrestrials winging their way over in elusive UFOs? Perhaps it’s time for you to consider the possibility that we are not alone. Let’s have some fun on planet Earth and ...

The complete set of the fundamental building blocks of life—all five nucleobases found in DNA and RNA—has been discovered in return samples from the asteroid 162173 Ryugu, according to researchers at ...

A new study adds to a growing body of evidence that suggests asteroid impacts played a critical role in the emergence of life on our planet. Reading time 3 minutes Early Earth was a brutally hot, ...

There’s no denying the allure of alien artifacts. Science fiction is awash in the material remnants of extraterrestrial civilizations, which surface in everything from the classic books of Arthur C.