A rare visitor from another star system prompted SETI to hunt for alien technology, but the mysterious object appears to be a ...
Researchers propose turning a future NASA moon base into a quarantine station that would screen space samples before they ever reach Earth.
An international team of cave explorers has shown that cave walls and the prehistoric rock art that adorns them can preserve human DNA for thousands of years.
DNA from ancient humans has been found on a prehistoric cave painting and on cave walls, demonstrating the potential to one ...
The organic molecules could come from life or from ordinary chemistry — only samples returned to Earth can settle it.
Scientists propose building a lab on the moon to screen Mars and other space samples for alien microbes before they ever ...
Researchers have looked at how particular microbes from Earth would fare in conditions like those of Mars, the moon, and the ...
Two scientists want NASA to build a quarantine lab for alien germs on the Moon, rather than on Earth. The pair, ...
A biologist specializing in invasive species has partnered with a former Pentagon strategist in pushing NASA to construct a ...
For decades, the question of whether life exists beyond Earth has been the domain of science fiction writers and late-night ...
Researchers say a biocontainment facility on the Moon could be humanity's last line of defense against potential future alien ...