Researchers propose turning a future NASA moon base into a quarantine station that would screen space samples before they ever reach Earth.

As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters ...

Raymond Davis Jr. is dwarfed by the giant tank used by the Homestake detector in South Dakota, which first detected solar ...

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, ...

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.

A biologist specializing in invasive species has partnered with a former Pentagon strategist in pushing NASA to construct a ...

NASA’s upgraded Cold Atom Lab is turning the International Space Station into a frontier for quantum research, creating ultra ...

We visit PARAM Foundation’s science experience centre in Bengaluru. The non-profit works to promote Indian history, science, ...

A NASA‑linked study argues that alien probes could already be in our Solar System, but our surveys are still too crude to ...