Scientists say NASA should quarantine alien life on the Moon before any space samples are brought back to Earth

A new policy paper proposes a lunar biocontainment facility for extraterrestrial samples. This secure lunar laboratory would ...

Scientists say AI is falling for 'alien hoaxes' too easily, researchers say

An AI stress tested by researchers confidently said it had seen signatures of life when they weren't in the data.

Skywatch: As Viking mission anniversary looms, the search for Martian life lives on

NASA’s Viking 1 lander set down in the Chryse Planitia region of Mars. Its identical twin, Viking 2, followed on Sept. 3 of ...

Scientists Warn Mars Samples May Need a Lunar Quarantine Before Coming to Earth, Here's Why

A new study proposes examining Mars and other space samples on the Moon before bringing them to Earth, arguing it would ...
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This microscopic creature survived the vacuum of space, and scientists say it could help seed life beyond Earth

A microscopic, nearly indestructible creature known as the tardigrade has survived the vacuum of space, sub-zero cold, and ...