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

A NASA astronaut preparing for a grueling eight-month stint in orbit reveals a plan to test for extraterrestrial life.

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla said he kept a journal throughout including audio notes, written logs and whatever was ...

Precedents show that crackdowns and tighter regulations often have negative domestic and diplomatic consequences, sometimes ...

Tommaso Zaccaria, a researcher at Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands, has found that terrestrial microorganisms can survive on other celestial bodies where water is present, ...

Analysis - Rising xenophobia is fuelled by narratives that woefully and wilfully misrepresent SA's socio-economic problems ...

Precedents show that crackdowns and tighter regulations often have negative domestic and diplomatic consequences, sometimes lasting decades, writes Vanya Gastrow in ISS Today. The most recent ...

The main focus of the trip is to study the effects of long-term spaceflight on the body, but the test is also a side mission.

Are we alone in the universe? Consider mysterious "extraterrestrial" radio signals. Unexplained gases on other planets.

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 ...

Avi Loeb, a Harvard astronomer who has made headlines with his theories about alien encounters, will lead a White House ...

This new group, which is led by Harvard professor Avi Loeb, aims to advise the Trump administration and the U.S. intelligence ...