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

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A new study proposes examining Mars and other space samples on the Moon before bringing them to Earth, arguing it would ...

ESA's Rosalind Franklin rover will use MOMA to search for ancient Martian life by analyzing chiral organic molecules.

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The curious minds at What If explore what would happen if there is alien life on Jupiter's moon Europa.

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Here's your chance to live like an astronaut as NASA seeks volunteers to live in a habitat for a year simulating future moon ...

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 ...

A Chinese spacecraft on a mission to collect and return samples of a near-Earth asteroid beamed back its first image of its ...